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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Samuel 13:1

THE SWORD COMES TO DAVID'S HOUSEFollowing David's adultery with Bathsheba and his wholesale murder of eighteen men including her husband Uriah, the prophet Nathan had warned David of God's punishments that would ensue, declaring that, "Therefore the sword shall never depart from your house" (2 Samuel 12:10). In this chapter, the sword of God's judgment fell upon David's first-born son and heir apparent to his throne.AMNON'S SHAMEFUL LUST FOR HIS HALF-SISTER"Now Absalom, David's son, had a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 13:1

2 Samuel 13:1. It came to pass after this, &c.— When David had taken Rabbah and all the other cities of Ammon, he had not long returned to Jerusalem before his domestic misfortunes began to multiply upon him, and to verify the terrible threats which Nathan had denounced from the Lord, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house. Tamar was the daughter of Maacah, the daughter of the king of Geshur, and the uterine sister of Absalom. Amnon was David's eldest son by Ahinoam. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 13:1

1. Tamar—daughter of David by Maachah (2 Samuel 3:3). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Samuel 13:1-22

Amnon’s rape of Tamar 13:1-22Maacah bore Absalom ("father is peace") while David was reigning in Hebron (2 Samuel 3:3). He was David’s third-born. Amnon, his first-born, was also born in Hebron but by Ahinoam ("my brother is delight"; 2 Samuel 3:2). Both sons may have been in their late teens or early twenties at this time. Tamar ("palm tree," cf. Song of Solomon 7:7-8) was evidently born in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 3:4-9), so she would have been younger than both of these brothers. The event... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 13:1-39

The Crime of Amnon, and Absalom’s VengeanceThis narrative and the history of Absalom’s rebellion is omitted in Chronicles.2. Tamar was in the women’s apartments, and, therefore, safe. She was his half-sister and Absalom’s sister: see 2 Samuel 3:2, 2 Samuel 3:3.4. Lean from day to day] i.e. getting thinner and paler every morning. 5. Make thyself sick] RV ’feign thyself sick.’13. He will not withhold me] Tamar said this as a last, desperate expedient, for such marriages were unlawful (Leviticus... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 13:1

(1) It came to pass after this.—This formula applies to the narrative which follows as a whole: not, of course, to the fact immediately afterwards mentioned, that Absalom’s sister was Tamar. This may illustrate the use of the same phrase in other places.Absalom and Tamar were children of Maacah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur, and the former, at least, had been born during David’s reign at Hebron (2 Samuel 3:3). It is probable that the events here narrated occurred soon after the war with... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:1-37

CHAPTER XVII.ABSALOM AND AMNON.2 Samuel 13:1-37.LIVING sorrow, says the proverb, is worse than a dead. The dead sorrow had been very grievous to David; what the living sorrow, of which this chapter tells us, must have been, we cannot conceive. It is his own disorderly lusts, reappearing in his sons, that are the source of this new tragedy. It is often useful for parents to ask whether they would like to see their children doing what they allow in themselves; and in many cases the answer is an... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Samuel 13:1-39

3. Further Chastisement: Amnon, Tamar, and Absalom CHAPTER 13 1. Amnon’s wicked desire (2 Samuel 13:1-5 ) 2. The incest (2 Samuel 13:6-14 ) 3. His hatred (2 Samuel 13:15-18 ) 4. Amnon murdered (2 Samuel 13:19-36 ) 5. Absalom’s flight (2 Samuel 13:37-39 ) “Behold I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house.” This was Jehovah’s sentence and it is now carried out. The evil which he had nourished in his heart, the passion which he had fed now breaks out in his own family.... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Samuel 13:1

13:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name [was] {a} Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.(a) Tamar was Absalom’s sister both by father and mother, and Amnon’s only by father. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 13:1-39

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 family His son Ammon was so attracted by the beauty of his half sister Tamar that he became sick in entertaining thoughts of her, though he knew well that his lust was improper. When a friend of his, Jonadab, enquired about the cause of his indisposition, he confided in him about his lustful thoughts. Jonadab had no sense of moral decency, and was... read more