2 Samuel 13:25

And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.

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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

chargeable . burdensome.
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)

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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

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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

And the king said to Absalom, nay, my son, let us not all now go ,.... He did not object to the invitation entirely, he was willing some of the fami...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but b...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

After two full years This circumstance of time is noted, as an aggravation of Absalom's malice, which was so implacable; and as an act of policy, t...
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

He pressed him; pretending great desire of his presence there, to prevent any jealousies, which otherwise he thought would arise in the breast of a...
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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 14:22 ; Acts 16:15 ; Genesis 19:2 ; Genesis 19:3 ; Judges 19:7-10 ; Luke 14:23 ; Luke 24:29 ; Ruth 2:4

²⁵ And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 13:25

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

2 Samuel 13:25