And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do [thee] hurt, be as [that] young man [is].
Ver. 32. Is the young man Absalom safe?] Omnis in Ascanio, &c. See still his excessive love and unbounded affection to this untoward son of his, in whom there was nothing good but only his name. Such unmortified affection is as soon wounded, as a scald head broken.
Be as that young man is,] viz., Dead; not damned, as some, both ancient and modern writers, conclude that Absalom was. But who can tell that?