2 Samuel 13:37

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 favour.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 13:37

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal reference. Ammihur (see the margin) is found as a Punic name.
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...
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

Ammihud , or Ammihur. David . Septuagint reads "David the king".
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 committ...
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 th...
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...
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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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... a...
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 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...
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

(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 hi...
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 :...
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....
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 di...
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

Amnon's Death; Absalom's Flight. B. C. 1032....
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...
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 b...
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 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...
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 fled and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur, his grandfather, 2 Samuel 3:3 . And David mourned for his son, namely, fo...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 3:2 ; 2 Samuel 3:3
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...

³⁷ But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud,i king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 13:37

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

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 13:37