2 Samuel 13:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him. ”

2 Samuel 13:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Absalom fled - This is the sequel to 2 Samuel 13:29 . The king’s sons rose from table and fled, and Absalom taking advantage of the confusion, also escaped and fled. This information is inserted...
2 Samuel 13:34 - 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 13:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
2 Samuel 13:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Samuel 13:34 - 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 13:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Absalom fled. — This is connected on one side with 2 Samuel 13:29 , and on the other with 2 Samuel 13:37 . Several things were happening at once. When the king’s sons fled to the palace, Absalom,...
2 Samuel 13:34 - 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 13:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Absalom Flees While David Mourns 2 Samuel 13:28-39 For two years Absalom nursed his anger. Time did not alter his resolve, though it lulled to sleep any suspicion that might have been excited i...
2 Samuel 13:34 - 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 13:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(34) But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him. (35) And Jonadab said unto the...
2 Samuel 13:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But Absalom fled ,.... He who promised his servants protection could not protect himself, and who no doubt fled with him; he knew what he had done was death by law, and that there was no city of ref...
2 Samuel 13:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him. Ver. 34. But Absalom fled. ] If...
2 Samuel 13:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Absalom fled He was now as much afraid of the king's sons as they were of him; they fled from his malice, he from their justice. No part of the land of Israel could shelter him; the cities of refug...
2 Samuel 13:34 - 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 13:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amnon's Death; Absalom's Flight. B. C. 1032. 30 And it came to pass, while they were i...
2 Samuel 13:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Absalom fled; he who had undertaken to defend his servants flees or his own life. Behind him; behind the watchman; for it seems they did not come in the direct road, where the watchman looked for...
2 Samuel 13:34 - 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 13:34 - 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 13:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Absalom hath slain all the king’s sons. Chastisement The fulfilment of the curse on David’s house now begun. I. Observe the justice of God’s dealings in chastisement. A comparison of David’s...
2 Samuel 13:34 - 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 13:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Absalom's Revenge
2 Samuel 13:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 13:38 ; Amos 5:19 ; Genesis 4:8-14 ; Proverbs 28:17

2 Samuel 13:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 13:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 13:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 13:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 13:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 13:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 13:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 13:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 13:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 13:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge