2 Samuel 13:27

He let Amnon go. — The LXX. adds at the end of this verse an explanatory gloss, “And Absalom made a feast like the feast of a king.”

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 13:27

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 Ab...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

with him . The Septuagint and Vulgate add here "and Absalom made. banquet, like the banquet of. king". Compare 1 Samuel 25:36 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy se...
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.
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 griev...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Absalom Executes Judgment 2 Samuel 13:15-27 When men yield to irregular passion, they go from one extreme to the other-from wicked love to wick...
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....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(22) And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. (23) And it came...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But Absalom pressed him ,.... Which one would think would have increased his suspicion, if he had any, or have raised it in him; but his mind was bl...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. Ver. 27. But Absalom pressed him. ] His so great importunity might...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He let Amnon and all the king's sons go It is strange that Absalom's urgent desire of Amnon's company raised no suspicion in the mind of so wise a...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Plot Against Amnon. B. C. 1032. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It is strange that his urgent desire of Amnon's company raised no suspicion in so wise a king; but God blinded his mind, that he might execute his ju...
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 Ahi...
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 Samue...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Absalom's Revenge
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But Absalom pressed him that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. Here was another instance of David's weakness in yielding to Absalom's...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 26:24-26
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Pressed him — It is strange that his urgent desire of Amnon's company raised no suspicion in so wise a king; but God suffered him to be blinded tha...

²⁷ But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 13:27

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 13:27