Tree of Life Version
2 Samuel 13:38
38So Absalom fled, went to Geshur and remained there three years.
2 Samuel 13:38 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
- New International Version (NIV)After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
Context of 2 Samuel 13:38
36As soon as he finished speaking, behold, the king’s sons arrived. They lifted up their voices and wept, and also the king and all his courtiers wept very bitterly. 37But Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day. So Absalom fled, went to Geshur and remained there three years. 39Then King David’s soul longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.
Read all of 2 Samuel 132 Samuel 13:38 word by word
וְאַבְשָׁל֥וֹם בָּרַ֖ח וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּר וַיְהִי־שָׁ֖ם שָׁלֹ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 13:38
- Joshua 13:13Nevertheless, Bnei-Yisrael did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites; but Geshur and Maacath lived among Israel to this day.
- 1 Samuel 27:8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Gizrites and the Amalekites, for those were inhabitants of the region from ancient times, as you go all the way from Shur and as far as the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 3:14Jair son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites. He called them—the Bashan—after his own name, Havvoth-jair’s Villages, as it is the case to this day.)
- Joshua 12:5and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salcah and all Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half of Gilead, as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.
- 2 Samuel 14:23So Joab got up, went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 15:8For your servant vowed a vow while I was still living at Geshur in Aram saying, ‘If Adonai will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve Adonai.’”
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 13:38
- 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. 34-39Absalom was now a fugitive. He sought refuge among his mother’s family.Read the comment
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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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