2 Samuel 13:18-39
robe <03801> [a garment.]
Then .... ashes <03947 0665> [put ashes.]
put ... hands <07760 03027> [laid her.]
Amnon <0550> [Amnon. Heb. Aminon. but hold.]
seriously <07896 01697> [regard not. Heb. set not thine heart on. desolate. Heb. and desolate.]
very angry <03966 02734> [he was very wroth.]
The Septuagint and Vulgate add, [Kai ouk elupese to pneuma Amnon tou huiou autou, hoti egapa auton, hoti prototokos autou en;] et noluit contristare spiritum Amnon filii sui, quoniam diligebat eum, quia primogenitus erat ei: "But he would not grieve the soul of Amnon his son, for he loved him because he was his first-born." The same addition is found in Josephus; and it is probable that it once formed a part of the Hebrew text.
said <01696> [spake.]
good <02896> [neither good.]
hated <08130> [hated.]
sheepshearers <01494> [A.M. 2974. B.C. 1030. An. Ex. Is 461. sheep-shearers.]
invited <07121> [invited.]
king ............ king <03212 04428> [let the king.]
pressed <06555> [pressed.]
blessed <01288> [blessed.]
brother <0251> [let my brother.]
He urged this with the more plausibility because Amnon was the first-born, and presumptive heir to the crown; and he had dissembled his resentment so long and so well that he was not suspected.
Absalom <053> [Absalom.]
instructed ................................. instructions <06680> [commanded.]
<03820 02896> [heart is merry.]
instructed ....................... fear ........... instructions <03372 06680> [fear not.]
instructed ................................. instructions <06680> [have not I. or, Will you not, since I have, etc.]
<01121> [valiant. Heb. sons of valour.]
servants <05288> [servants.]
rode <07392> [gat him up. Heb. rode. mule.]
Then <06965> [arose.]
servants <05650> [all his servants.]
Jonadab <03122> [Jonadab.]
Shimeah <08093> [Shimeah.]
[Shammah. David's brother.]
This was a very bad man: he had given his cousin Amnon the most detestable advice; and here speaks coolly of a most bloody tragedy of which he had been the cause.
talked <06310> [appointment. Heb. mouth. determined. or, settled.]
lord <0113> [let not my lord.]
Absalom fled <01272 053> [Absalom fled.]
[as they servant said. Heb. according to the word of thy servant.]
wept loudly <03966 01065> [very sore. Heb. with a great weeping greatly.]
Absalom fled <01272 053> [Absalom fled.]
As Absalom had committed wilful murder, he could not avail himself of a city of refuge; but went to Talmai, king of Geshur, his maternal grandfather.
Talmai <08526> [Talmai.]
Ammihud <05991> [Ammihud. or, Ammihur.]
[A.M. 2974-2977. B.C. 1030-1027. An. Ex. Is. 461-464.]
Geshur. This was not the Geshur lying between Philistia and Egypt, (Jos 13:13. 1 Sa 27:8,) but another in Syria; probably the same as that beyond Jordan, whose inhabitants are joined with those of Maachathi, De 3:14. Jos 12:5.
king <04428> [the soul of.]
longed <03615> [longed. or, was consumed.]
consoled <05162> [comforted.]
