2 Samuel 13:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? ”

2 Samuel 13:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He mentions Amnon as being the king’s first-born. If he could not have the king’s company, let him at least have that of the heir apparent, and the king’s other sons.
2 Samuel 13:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother (l) Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? (l) Pretending to the king that Amnon was most dear to him.
2 Samuel 13:26 - 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 13:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? Let my brother Amnon go - He urged this with the more plausibility, be...
2 Samuel 13:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I pray thee let my brother Amnon go with us— As heir presumptive to the crown, Amnon might represent the king; and it was probably upon this pretence that Absalom was so pressing for his attendance...
2 Samuel 13:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Samuel 13:26 - 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 13:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If not... let... Amnon. — Absalom then asks that if the king himself will not come, Amnon, as his eldest son and heir-apparent, may represent him at the feast. David hesitates, but as he could not...
2 Samuel 13:26 - 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 13:26 - 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 13:26 - 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 13:26 - 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 13:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said Absalom, if not ,.... If it is not thy pleasure to go with me, if I cannot have the honour of thy company: I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us ; let me have the next mark of hon...
2 Samuel 13:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? Ver. 26. If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go. ] Who, being...
2 Samuel 13:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let my brother Amnon go with us That is, with him and the rest of his brethren, as appears from the following verse. David designed, it seems, to keep him at home with him, as being his eldest son,...
2 Samuel 13:26 - 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 13:26 - 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 13:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Let my brother Amnon go with us; for the king designed (as the following words show) to keep him at home with him, as being his eldest son, and heir of his kingdom; otherwise Absalom would never ha...
2 Samuel 13:26 - 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 13:26 - 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 13:26 - 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 13:26 - 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 13:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Absalom's Revenge
2 Samuel 13:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 11:13-15 ; 2 Samuel 20:9 ; 2 Samuel 3:27 ; Psalms 55:21
2 Samuel 13:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let Amnon — For the king designed (as the following words shew) to keep him at home with him, as being his eldest son, and heir of his kingdom: otherwise Absalom would never have made particular me...

2 Samuel 13:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 13:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 13:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 13:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 13:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 13:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 13:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 13:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 13:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 13:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 13:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 13:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 13:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes