2 Samuel 13:1

A sister — His sister by father and mother.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 13:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The history here, down to the end of 2 Samuel 23 (excepting a few particulars), is omitted in the Book of Chronicles.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name [was] (a) Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. (...
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

after this : i.e. 938. David, 53; Amnon, 22; Absalom, 20; Tamar, 15; Solomon, 2. Absalom . Son of Maacah, daughter of king of Geshur (see note on...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. Whose...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It came to pass after this, &c.— When David had taken Rabbah and all the other cities of Ammon, he had not long returned to Jerusalem before hi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her....
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.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It came to pass after this. — This formula applies to the narrative which follows as a whole: not, of course, to the fact immediately afterwards me...
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

Sin in David's Household 2 Samuel 13:1-14 The law of Moses clearly forbade the union which Amnon sought, Leviticus 18:11 . It was an infamous...
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

CONTENTS In this Chapter is related the beginning of David's domestic troubles. Amnon his son ravisheth his own sister Tamar; and Absalom, another o...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass after this ,.... After the sin of David with Bathsheba, his repentance for it, and pardon of it, and the birth of Solomon as a t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name [was] Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. Ve...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Absalom, the son of David, had a fair sister His sister by both father and mother. For they were both born of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king...
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 Incest. B. C. 1032. 1 And it c...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 13 Ammon loveth his sister Tamar; ravisheth her; then hateth and driveth her away, 2 Samuel 13:1-19 . Absalom entertaineth and...
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

And it came to pass after this that Absalom, the son of David, 2 Samuel 3:3 , had a fair sister, a full sister to him, who was a very beautiful yo...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amnon's Crime
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 3:2 ; 1 Chronicles 3:9 ; 1 Kings 11:1 ; 2 Samuel 11:2 ; 2 Samuel 13:15 ; 2 Samuel 14:27 ; 2 Samuel 3:2 ; 2 Samuel 3:3 ; Genesis...

¹ And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 13:1

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

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

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

2 Samuel 13:1