2 Samuel 13:39 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the soul of king David longedj to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. ”

2 Samuel 13:39 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Longed to go forth - Rather, “longed after Absalom,” literally, was consumed in going forth, with a sense of disappointed hope.
2 Samuel 13:39 - 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 13:39 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the soul of king David . The Aramaean reads "the soul (nephesh) of the king". Compare the omission of nephesh in Psalms 16:2 .
2 Samuel 13:39 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. David longed to go forth unto Absalom - We find that he had a very strong pate...
2 Samuel 13:39 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. The soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom. The verb, being...
2 Samuel 13:39 - 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 13:39 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The soul of King David. — The words, “the soul of,” are not in the original, and the most opposite interpretations have been given of the rest of the sentence. The sense of the English is that of t...
2 Samuel 13:39 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
2 Samuel 13:39 - 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 13:39 - 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 13:39 - 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 13:39 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And [the soul of] King David longed to go forth unto Absalom ,.... In like manner it is supplied and paraphrased in the Targum, because the word rendered "longed" is feminine; though it may be used...
2 Samuel 13:39 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. Ver. 39. And the soul of king David longed to go forth. ] He had many salli...
2 Samuel 13:39 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The soul of King David longed to go forth to Absalom To visit him, or to send for him. What amazing weakness was this! At first he could not find in his heart to do justice to the ravisher of his s...
2 Samuel 13:39 - 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 13:39 - 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 13:39 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To go forth unto Absalom, to wit, to visit him, or to send for him. And thus this word the soul is here understood, partly from the Hebrew verb, which being of the feminine gender, agrees not wit...
2 Samuel 13:39 - 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 13:39 - 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 13:39 - 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 13:39 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Absalom's Revenge
2 Samuel 13:39 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 12:23 ; Deuteronomy 28:32 ; Genesis 24:67 ; Genesis 31:30 ; Genesis 37:35 ; Genesis 38:12 ; Philippians 2:26 ; Psalms 119:20 ; Psalms 84:2
2 Samuel 13:39 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Go forth — And could not he recalled, to visit him, or to send for him. What amazing weakness was this! At first he could not find in his heart, to do justice to the ravisher of his sister! And now...

2 Samuel 13:39 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:39 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:39 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 13:39 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:39 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:39 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:39 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:39 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 13:39 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:39 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 13:39 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 13:39 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 13:39 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 13:39 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:39 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 13:39 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 13:39 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 13:39 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 13:39 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 13:39 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 13:39 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 13:39 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 13:39 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes