2 Samuel 13:23-27

Context

Absalom Has Amnon Put to Death

13:23 Two years later Absalom’s sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor,¹ near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king’s sons. 13:24 Then Absalom went to the king and said, “My shearers have begun their work.² Let the king and his servants go with me.”

13:25 But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son. We shouldn’t all go. We shouldn’t burden you in that way.” Though Absalom³ pressed⁴ him, the king⁵ was not willing to go. Instead, David⁶ blessed him.

13:26 Then Absalom said, “If you will not go,⁷ then let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king replied to him, “Why should he go with you?” 13:27 But when Absalom pressed him, he sent Amnon and all the king’s sons along with him.

2 Samuel 15:11

Context
15:11 Now two hundred men had gone with Absalom from Jerusalem. Since they were invited, they went naively and were unaware of what Absalom was planning.⁸

[13:23] ¹map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[13:24] ²tn Heb “your servant has sheepshearers.” The phrase “your servant” also occurs at the end of the verse.

[13:25] ³tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:25] ⁴tc Here and in v. 27 the translation follows 4QSam^a ויצפר (vayyitspar, “and he pressed”) rather than the MT וַיִּפְרָץ (vayyiprats, “and he broke through”). This emended reading seems also to underlie the translations of the LXX (καὶ ἐβιάσατο, kai ebiasato), the Syriac Peshitta (we’alseh), and Vulgate (cogeret eum).

[13:25] ⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:25] ⁶tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:26] ⁷tn Heb “and not.”

[15:11] ⁸tn Heb “being invited and going naively and they did not know anything.”