2 Samuel 13:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud,i king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. ”

2 Samuel 13:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal reference. Ammihur (see the margin) is found as a Punic name.
2 Samuel 13:37 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But Absalom fled, and went to (p) Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day. (p) For Maachah his mother was the daughter of this Talmai, ( 2 Samuel 3:3 )....
2 Samuel 13:37 - 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 13:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ammihud , or Ammihur. David . Septuagint reads "David the king".
2 Samuel 13:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. Absalom fled - As he had committed wilful murder, he could not avail himself of a...
2 Samuel 13:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But Absalom fled, &c.— As he had committed a wilful murder, he could have no city of refuge in his own country; and therefore he fled out of the kingdom, to his mother's father. Thus did God, b...
2 Samuel 13:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. Absalom fled, and went to Talmai. The law as to premeditated murder ( Number...
2 Samuel 13:37 - 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 13:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Went to Talmai. — His maternal grandfather. (See Note on 2 Samuel 3:2-5 .) This verse may be considered parenthetical: — The king’s sons came... and wept sore. (“Only Absalom fled and went to... G...
2 Samuel 13:37 - 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 13:37 - 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 13:37 - 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 13:37 - 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 13:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But Absalom fled ,.... As before related, but here repeated for the sake of what follows: and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur : his mother's father, see 2 Samuel 3:3 , where he...
2 Samuel 13:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day. Ver. 37. And went to Talmai. ] His grandfather by the mother's side, to whom he...
2 Samuel 13:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David mourned for his son every day Either for the murder of Amnon, or for Absalom, who was lost as to any comfort he could have from him. “Thus did God, by withdrawing his restraining grace from A...
2 Samuel 13:37 - 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 13:37 - 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 13:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Talmai, the son of Ammihud; his mother's father, 2 Samuel 3:3 ; that he might have present protection and sustenance from him; and that by his mediation he might obtain his father's pardon and f...
2 Samuel 13:37 - 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 13:37 - Scofield Reference Notes

But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai ( 1 Samuel 27:8 ). David, in the years of his wanderings, made a savage raid upon Geshur, and evidently bore away Maacah, daughter of the king of Geshur. O...
2 Samuel 13:37 - 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 13:37 - 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 13:37 - 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 13:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Absalom's Revenge
2 Samuel 13:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 3:2 ; 2 Samuel 3:3
2 Samuel 13:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Talmai — His mother's father, that he might have present protection and sustenance from him; and that by his mediation he might obtain his father's pardon.

2 Samuel 13:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:37 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 13:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 13:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 13:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 13:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 13:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 13:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 13:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 13:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 13:37 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Samuel 13:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 13:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 13:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 13:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 13:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes