2 Samuel 13:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. ”

2 Samuel 13:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shimeah - Called Shamma (marginal reference), was Jesse’s third son. Subtil - literally, wise. The word is generally used in a good sense, but here, and in Job 5:13 , it means crafty.
2 Samuel 13:3 - 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 13:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Shimeah . Shammah ( 1 Samuel 16:9 ). subtil . wise. man . Hebrew. 'ish . App-14.
2 Samuel 13:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. Jonadab was a very subtle man - And most diabolic advice did he give to his...
2 Samuel 13:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. Jonadab, the son of Shimeah - or Shammah ( 1 Samuel 16:9 ), who was one...
2 Samuel 13:3 - 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 13:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jonadab, the son of Shimeah. — In 1 Samuel 16:9 , Shimeah is called Shammah, and appears there as the third son of Jesse. He had another son, Jonathan, mentioned in 2 Samuel 21:21 , as the conq...
2 Samuel 13:3 - 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 13:3 - 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 13:3 - 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 13:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. What an awful thing it is to have, in what the world calls a friend, the wo...
2 Samuel 13:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But Amnon had a friend ,.... Though in the issue his friendship proved his ruin: whose name [was] Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother ; so that they were own cousins, the same with Shamma...
2 Samuel 13:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But Amnon had a friend, whose name [was] Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab [was] a very subtil man. Ver. 3. But Amnon had a friend. ] A friend no friend; a carnal friend, bu...
2 Samuel 13:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amnon had a friend Say rather an enemy; for surely he proved himself to be such in a high degree, by the evil counsel he gave, issuing in Amnon's utter ruin of soul, as is too probable, as well a...
2 Samuel 13:3 - 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 13:3 - 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 13:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shimeah, called also Shammah, 1 Samuel 16:9 .
2 Samuel 13:3 - 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 13:3 - 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 13:3 - 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 13:3 - 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 13:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amnon's Crime
2 Samuel 13:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:19 ; 1 Samuel 16:9 ; 2 Samuel 13:32 ; 2 Samuel 14:19 ; 2 Samuel 14:2 ; 2 Samuel 14:20 ; Esther 5:10 ; Esther 5:14 ; Esther 6:13 ; Genesis 3:1 ; Genesis 38:1 ; Genesis 38:2...

2 Samuel 13:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 13:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 13:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 13:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 13:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 13:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 13:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 13:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 13:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 13:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 13:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge