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

“ And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thoughta it hard for him to do any thing to her. ”

2 Samuel 13:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she [was] a (b) virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. (b) And therefore kept her father's house, as vi...
2 Samuel 13:2 - 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 13:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. Amnon was so vexed - for she was a virgin - It has be...
2 Samuel 13:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick— It is natural to think, that the passion of love is nowhere so wasting and vexatious as where it is unlawful. A quick sense of guilt, especially where it is e...
2 Samuel 13:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. For she was a virgin. Unmarried daughters were...
2 Samuel 13:2 - 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 13:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thought it hard. — Rather, it seemed impossible to Amnon. The modest seclusion of Tamar in the harem of her mother seemed to leave him no opportunity to carry out his desires. It appears from th...
2 Samuel 13:2 - 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 13:2 - 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 13:2 - 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 13:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her. Observe, how fleshly lusts war both against soul an...
2 Samuel 13:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Amnon was so vexed ,.... Distressed, straitened, and perplexed in his mind through unruly and unbridled lusts that raged in him: that he fell sick for his sister Tamar ; as Antiochus son of Se...
2 Samuel 13:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she [was] a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. Ver. 2. And Amnon was so vexed that he fell sick....
2 Samuel 13:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amnon fell sick for his sister Tamar He fell deeply in love with her, and being conscious that his passion was very criminal, he concealed it for some time, but at the expense of his health, being...
2 Samuel 13:2 - 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 13:2 - 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 13:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He fell sick; the passion of his mind disturbed his body, as is usual. She was a virgin, and therefore diligently kept, so as he could not get private converse with her; and withal modest, and abho...
2 Samuel 13:2 - 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 13:2 - 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 13:2 - 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 13:2 - 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 13:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amnon's Crime
2 Samuel 13:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 21:4 ; 2 Corinthians 7:10 ; Song of Solomon 5:8
2 Samuel 13:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A virgin — And therefore diligently kept, so he could not get private converse with her.

2 Samuel 13:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Samuel 13:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Samuel 13:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 13:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

2 Samuel 13:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 13:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes