2 Samuel 13:39

2 Samuel 13:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
• New International Version (NIV)And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he was consoled concerning Amnon’s death.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the spirit of the king longed to go out to Absalom, because he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And King David longed to go to Absalom. For he had been comforted concerning Amnon, because he was dead.

Context of 2 Samuel 13:39

37Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day. 38After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years. And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.

2 Samuel 13:39 word by word

וַתְּכַל֙ דָּוִ֣ד הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לָצֵ֖את אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם כִּֽי־נִחַ֥ם עַל־אַמְנ֖וֹן כִּֽי־מֵֽת׃ סRead the interlinear

• And Kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• longedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: decidesH3615
• to goיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Absalomאֲבִישָׁלוֹם'ăbîyshâlôm 'abshâlôm · AbsalomH53
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• he had been consoledנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• overעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Amnon’sאַמְנוֹן'amnôn 'ămîynôn · AmnonH550
• deathמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 13:39

• Genesis 31:30Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
• Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
• Philippians 2:26For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
• Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
• Psalms 119:20My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
• 2 Samuel 12:23But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
• Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
• Genesis 37:35All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
• Genesis 38:12After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 13:39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39David longed to go forth unto Absalom - We find that he had a very strong paternal affection for this young man, who appears to have had little to commend him but the beauty of his person. David wished either to go to him, or to bring him back; for the hand of time had now wiped off his tears for the death of his son Amnon. Joab had marked this disposition, and took care to work on it, in order to procure the return of Absalom. It would have been well for…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Longed to go forth - Rather, “longed after Absalom,” literally, was consumed in going forth, with a sense of disappointed hope.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-39Verses 30-39 Jonadab was as guilty of Ammon's death, as of his sin; such false friends do they prove, who counsel us to do wickedly. Instead of loathing Absalom as a murderer, David, after a time, longed to go forth to him. This was David's infirmity: God saw something in his heart that made a difference, else we should have thought that he, as much as Eli, honoured his sons more than God.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39And King David: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek version say And the spirit of the king. longed to go to Absalom: David’s intense grief over Amnon’s death had eased. Any desire he may have had to put Absalom to death had faded, and he now wanted to restore their relationship.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 13:39

• Parents

In the dictionaries

• Absalom
• Amnon
• David
• Desolate
• Suppose
• Bible, the
• Crime; Crimes
• Israel, History of
• Murder
• Murrain

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings