Berean Standard Bible
2 Samuel 13:22-29
22And AbsalomH53 neverH3808 said a wordH1696 toH5973 AmnonH550, either goodH2896 or badH7451H5704, becauseH3588 heH53 hatedH8130 AmnonH550 forH5921H1697 violatingH6031 his sisterH269 TamarH8559.
23Two years laterH8141H3117H1961, when Absalom’sH53 sheepshearersH1178H1494 wereH1961 at Baal-hazorH1178 nearH5973 EphraimH669, he invitedH7121 allH3605 the sonsH1121 of the kingH4428. 24And heH53 wentH935 toH413 the kingH4428 and saidH559, “Your servantH5650 has justH2009 hired shearersH1494. Will the kingH4428 and his servantsH5650 pleaseH4994 comeH1980 withH5973 me?”
25“NoH408, my sonH1121,” the kingH4428 repliedH559, “we should notH408H4994 allH3605 goH1980, orH3808 we would be a burdenH3513 to youH5921.” Although Absalom urgedH6555 him, he was notH3808 willingH14 to goH1980, but gave him his blessingH1288.
26“If notH3808,” saidH559 AbsalomH53, “pleaseH4994 let my brotherH251 AmnonH550 goH1980 with usH854.”
“WhyH4100 should he goH1980 with youH5973?” the kingH4428 askedH559.
27But AbsalomH53 urgedH6555 him, so the king sentH7971H854 AmnonH550 and the restH3605 ofH4428 his sonsH1121.1
28Now AbsalomH53 had orderedH6680 his young menH5288, “WatchH7200 AmnonH550 untilH4994 his heartH3820 is merryH2895 with wineH3196, and when I orderH559 youH413 to strikeH5221 Amnon downH550, you are to kill himH4191. Do notH408 be afraidH3372. HaveH3588 IH595 notH3808 commandedH6680 youH853? Be courageousH2388 andH1961 valiantH2428!”
29So Absalom’sH53 young menH5288 didH6213 to AmnonH550 just asH834 AbsalomH53 had orderedH6680. Then allH3605 the other sonsH1121 of the kingH4428H7392 got upH6965, and each oneH376 fledH5127 onH5921 his muleH6505.
Notes
- 1. 2 Samuel 13:27 LXX and Vulgate include And Absalom prepared a feast fit for a king. ↩
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
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