2 Samuel 13:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. ”

2 Samuel 13:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The history here, down to the end of 2 Samuel 23 (excepting a few particulars), is omitted in the Book of Chronicles.
2 Samuel 13:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name [was] (a) Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. (a) Tamar was Absalom's sister both by father and m...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13. Amnon, Tamar, and Absalom (J). 2 Samuel 13:1-22 . Amnon, David's eldest son, forces his half-sister, Tamar, the full sister of Absalom. He might have married her ( 2 Samuel 3:5 *...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

after this : i.e. 938. David, 53; Amnon, 22; Absalom, 20; Tamar, 15; Solomon, 2. Absalom . Son of Maacah, daughter of king of Geshur (see note on 2 Samuel 3:3 ). Amnon . Son of Ahinoam ( 2 Samu...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. Whose name was Tamar - Tamar was the daughter of David a...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It came to pass after this, &c.— When David had taken Rabbah and all the other cities of Ammon, he had not long returned to Jerusalem before his domestic misfortunes began to multiply upon him,...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. Tamar - daughter of David by Maachah ( 2 Samuel 3:...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Crime of Amnon, and Absalom's Vengeance This narrative and the history of Absalom's rebellion is omitted in Chronicles.
2 Samuel 13:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It came to pass after this. — This formula applies to the narrative which follows as a whole: not, of course, to the fact immediately afterwards mentioned, that Absalom’s sister was Tamar. This may...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVII. ABSALOM AND AMNON. 2 Samuel 13:1-37 . LIVING sorrow, says the proverb, is worse than a dead. The dead sorrow had been very grievous to David; what the living sorrow, of which thi...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sin in David's Household 2 Samuel 13:1-14 The law of Moses clearly forbade the union which Amnon sought, Leviticus 18:11 . It was an infamous passion, and the suggestion of Jonadab, if it was...
2 Samuel 13:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The story of Amnon's sin is of a sin committed by a child of David similar to his own. When the story was told to him, we are told that he was wroth. We are not told that he disciplined Amnon. How co...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS In this Chapter is related the beginning of David's domestic troubles. Amnon his son ravisheth his own sister Tamar; and Absalom, another of his sons, murders his brother Amnon. David's ext...
2 Samuel 13:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass after this ,.... After the sin of David with Bathsheba, his repentance for it, and pardon of it, and the birth of Solomon as a token of reconciliation; yet after all this the div...
2 Samuel 13:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name [was] Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. Ver. 1. And it came to pass after this. ] God's jus...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Absalom, the son of David, had a fair sister His sister by both father and mother. For they were both born of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur. Now began another part of Nathan's prop...
2 Samuel 13:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

WICKEDNESS INVADING DAVID'S FAMILY David did not have to wait long to see the sad governmental results of his sin begin to be manifest in his own family His son Ammon was so attracted by the beaut...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amnon's Incest. B. C. 1032. 1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of Da...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 13 Ammon loveth his sister Tamar; ravisheth her; then hateth and driveth her away, 2 Samuel 13:1-19 . Absalom entertaineth and revengeth her with Amnon's death, 2 Samuel 13:20...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 13:1 . “Absalom” and “Tamar” were the children of Maacha, and “Amnon” was David’s eldest son by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess (see chap 2 Samuel 3:2-3 )....
2 Samuel 13:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:2 . He fell sick for his sister Tamar. Most young men who have come to ruin, have followed some blind and impetuous passion. 2 Samuel 13:13 . The king will not withhold me from thee...
2 Samuel 13:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Absalom the son of David had a fair sister. The wickedness of Amnon No other book but the Bible dare have inserted such a chronicle as this and yet have hoped to retain the attention and confid...
2 Samuel 13:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 13:1 After this. This phrase, as we have seen on 2 Samuel 10:1 , has little chronological force, but the date of the sad event which formed the second stage in David'...
2 Samuel 13:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it came to pass after this that Absalom, the son of David, 2 Samuel 3:3 , had a fair sister, a full sister to him, who was a very beautiful young woman, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon, the s...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 3:2 ; 1 Chronicles 3:9 ; 1 Kings 11:1 ; 2 Samuel 11:2 ; 2 Samuel 13:15 ; 2 Samuel 14:27 ; 2 Samuel 3:2 ; 2 Samuel 3:3 ; Genesis 29:18 ; Genesis 29:20 ; Genesis 34:3 ; Genesis...
2 Samuel 13:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A sister — His sister by father and mother.

2 Samuel 13:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 13:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 13:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 13:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 13:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 13:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 13:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 13:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 13:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 13:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 13:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 13:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 13:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 13:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes