And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
His father had not displeased him. х `ªtsaabow (H6087), had pained, grieved him; Septuagint, apekooluse, prevented, challenged him]
At any time, х miyaamaayw (H3117), from his days, all his life (cf. 1 Samuel 25:28; Job 38:12)].
And his mother bare him after Absalom. This supplement by our translators is apt to convey the impression that the same wife gave birth to both. But Maachah, not Haggith, was the mother of Absalom (2 Samuel 3:3). It should be, and as for him (David), begat him after Absalom. The failing health of the king prompted him to take a decisive step for the furtherance of his ambitious designs.