2Sa 13:31-39 - Commentary

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Text -- 2 Samuel 13:31-39 (NET)

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13:31 Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well. 13:32 Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, said, “My lord should not say, ‘They have killed all the young men who are the king’s sons.’ For only Amnon is dead. This is what Absalom has talked about from the day that Amnon humiliated his sister Tamar. 13:33 Now don’t let my lord the king be concerned about the report that has come saying, ‘All the king’s sons are dead.’ It is only Amnon who is dead.” 13:34 In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west on a road beside the hill. 13:35 Jonadab said to the king, “Look! The king’s sons have come! It’s just as I said!” 13:36 Just as he finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived, wailing and weeping. The king and all his servants wept loudly as well. 13:37 But Absalom fled and went to King Talmai son of Ammihud of Geshur. And David grieved over his son every day. 13:38 After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he remained there for three years. 13:39 The king longed to go to Absalom, for he had since been consoled over the death of Amnon.

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Names, People and Places:

· Absalom the son of David and Maacah

· Ammihud son of Ladan; father of Elishama, Moses' deputy over Ephraim,father of Shemuel, Moses' land distribution officer for Simeon,father of Pedahel, Moses' land distribution deputy for Naphtali,father of Talmai, king of Geshur with whom Absalom stayed,son of Omri (Judah); father of Uthai the returned exile

· Amnon son of King David and Ahinoam,the son of Shimon of Judah

· David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

· Geshur a town and nation

· Horonaim a town and the road to it

· Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother,son of Rechab whose clan was a good example of obeying ones elders

· Shimeah son of Gershon/Gershom son of Levi,the son of Gera of Benjamin,son of Jesse (Judah); father of Jonathan who killed a giant,a man who was a friend of kings David and Solomon,son of Ela, Moses' land distribution deputy for Benjamin,son of Pedaiah son of King Jehoiachin,son of Zaccur of Simeon,son of Gog of Reuben,son of Libni of Merari of Levi,the head of a clan of Benjamin; son of Elpaal?,a man who was a descendant of Ladan/Libni son of Levi (WZ),son of Jeduthun (Levi); worship leader under Jeduthun and David,a man of Ramoth; David's supervisor of vineyards,son of Heman (David's seer) of Samuel of Kohath of Levi,an officer of the temple store house under King Hezekiah,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Hashum Clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Binnui Clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Kish; founding father of the clan of Shime-i of Benjamin

· Talmai a descendant of Anak who lived in Hebron at the time of Moses,son of Ammihud; the king of Geshur in David's time

· Tamar the daughter-in-law of Judah; the mother of Judah's sons Perez and Zerah; an ancestor of Jesus,daughter-in-law to Judah; mother of Zerah and Perez,daughter of King David,daughter of Absalom,a town of Judah 60 km SE of Beersheba & 35 km SSW of the Dead Sea

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NET Notes: 2Sa 13:32 Heb “he”; the referent (Amnon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: 2Sa 13:34 Heb “behind him.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 13:36 Heb “with a great weeping.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 13:37 The Hebrew text leaves the word “David” to be inferred. The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate add the word “David.” Most of the Gree...

NET Notes: 2Sa 13:39 Heb “was consoled over Amnon, because he was dead.”

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