“ So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. ”
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 *...
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. No JFB commentary on this verse.
The Crime of Amnon, and Absalom's Vengeance This narrative and the history of Absalom's rebellion is omitted in Chronicles.
Was there three years. — This is the third time the flight of Absalom has been mentioned; but, after the custom of Scripture narrative, each repetition has been for the purpose of introducing some...
CHAPTER XVIII. ABSALOM BANISHED AND BROUGHT BACK 2 Samuel 13:38-39 - 2 Samuel 14:1-33 . GESHUR, to which Absalom fled after the murder of Amnon, accompanied in all likelihood by the men who...
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...
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...
(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...
So Absalom fled ,.... This is the third time it is mentioned, and the reason of it here Abarbinel thinks is, that when he first fled to his grandfather, he used to stand openly in the court of his p...
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. And David mourned for his son every day, ] i.e., For his son Amnon. This was a long while to mourn for a lost son - viz, every da...
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...
Amnon's Death; Absalom's Flight. B. C. 1032. 30 And it came to pass, while they were i...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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 13:2 . 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...
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'...
Absalom's Revenge
2 Samuel 14:23 ; 2 Samuel 14:32 ; 2 Samuel 15:8 ; Deuteronomy 3:14 ; Joshua 12:5 ; Joshua 13:13