2 Samuel 13:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons. ”

2 Samuel 13:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sheepshearing was always a time of feasting (marginal references). Baal-hazor is not known.
2 Samuel 13:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which [is] beside Ephraim: and (k) Absalom invited all the king's sons. (k) That is, to a banquet, thinking by...
2 Samuel 13:23 - 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 13:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons. Absalom had sheep-shearers - These were time...
2 Samuel 13:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons. Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-haz...
2 Samuel 13:23 - 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 13:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Absalom had sheepshearers. — Absalom had now silently nourished his revenge for “two full years.” No doubt he chose also to give full opportunity for his father to punish Amnon’s iniquity if he wou...
2 Samuel 13:23 - 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 13:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Absalom Executes Judgment 2 Samuel 13:15-27 When men yield to irregular passion, they go from one extreme to the other-from wicked love to wicked hate. If women would but realize this, how ofte...
2 Samuel 13:23 - 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 13:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(22) And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. (23) And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sh...
2 Samuel 13:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass after two full years ,.... Two complete years after the rape was committed; so long Absalom kept it in his mind, and was contriving how to avenge it; he let it alone so long, tha...
2 Samuel 13:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which [is] beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons. Ver. 23. And it came to pass after two fu...
2 Samuel 13:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

After two full years This circumstance of time is noted, as an aggravation of Absalom's malice, which was so implacable; and as an act of policy, that both Amnon and David might more securely compl...
2 Samuel 13:23 - 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 13:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Plot Against Amnon. B. C. 1032. 21 But when king David heard of all these things,...
2 Samuel 13:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

After two full years: this circumstance of time is noted, partly as an aggravation of Absalom's malice, which was so inveterate and implacable; and partly as an act of Absalom's policy, that both A...
2 Samuel 13:23 - 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 13:23 - 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 13:23 - 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 13:23 - 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 13:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it came to pass after two full years, during all of which time Absalom carried his grudge toward Amnon in his heart, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim, some...
2 Samuel 13:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 1:19 ; 1 Kings 1:25 ; 1 Kings 1:9 ; 1 Samuel 25:2 ; 1 Samuel 25:36 ; 1 Samuel 25:4 ; 2 Chronicles 26:10 ; 2 Kings 3:4 ; Genesis 38:12 ; Genesis 38:13
2 Samuel 13:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Two years — This circumstance of time is noted, as an aggravation of Absalom's malice, which was so implacable: and as an act of policy, that both Amnon and David might more securely comply with hi...

2 Samuel 13:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 13:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 13:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 13:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 13:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 13:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 13:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 13:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 13:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 13:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 13:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 13:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes