Proverbs 26:24-26
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...
with him . The Septuagint and Vulgate add here "and Absalom made. banquet, like the banquet of. king". Compare 1 Samuel 25:36 .
But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
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...
The Crime of Amnon, and Absalom's Vengeance This narrative and the history of Absalom's rebellion is omitted in Chronicles.
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.”
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...
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...
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....
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Plot Against Amnon. B. C. 1032. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Absalom's Revenge
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...
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.