Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 13:18
A garment of divers colors - See the note on Genesis 37:3 , where the same words occur. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 13:21
But when King David heard - To this verse the Septuagint add the following words: Και ουκ ελυπησε το πνευμα Αμνων του υἱου αυτου, ὁτι ηγαπα αυτον, ὁτι πρωτοτοκος αυτου ην ; "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 the Vulgate and in Josephus, and it is possible that this once made a part of the Hebrew text. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 13:23
Absalom had sheep-shearers - These were times in which feasts were made, to which the neighbors and relatives of the family were invited. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 13:26
Let my brother Amnon go - He urged this with the more plausibility, because Amnon was the first-born, and presumptive heir to the kingdom; and he had disguised his resentment so well before, that he was not suspected. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 13:30
Absalom hath slain all the king ' s sons - Fame never lessens but always magnifies a fact. Report, contrary to the nature of all other things, gains strength by going. Virgil has given, in his best manner, a fine personification of Fame or Evil Report. - Aen. iv., 173. Extemplo Libyae magnas it Fama per urbes; Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum, Mobilitate viget, viresque adquirit eundo read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 13:32
And Jonadab - said - Amnon only is dead - This was a very bad man, and here speaks coolly of a most bloody tragedy, which himself had contrived. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 13:37
Absalom fled - As he had committed wilful murder, he could not avail himself of a city of refuge, and was therefore obliged to leave the land of Israel, and take refuge with Talmai, king of Geshur, his grandfather by his mother's side. See 2 Samuel 3:3 . read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 13:39
David longed to go forth unto Absalom - We find that he had a very strong paternal affection for this young man, who appears to have had little to commend him but the beauty of his person. David wished either to go to him, or to bring him back; for the hand of time had now wiped off his tears for the death of his son Amnon. Joab had marked this disposition, and took care to work on it, in order to procure the return of Absalom. It would have been well for all parties had Absalom... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:1
EXPOSITION After this. This phrase, as we have seen on 2 Samuel 10:1 , has little chronological force, but the date of the sad event which formed the second stage in David's punishment can be settled with considerable certainty. Tamar was the daughter of Maacah, a princess of Geshur, and David's marriage with her, while still at Hebron, is mentioned as a proof of his growing power, and consequently some time must have elapsed after his appointment as king before this alliance took... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 13:15
Hated her exceedingly - Amnon's conduct to his sister was not only brutal but inexplicable. It would be easy to form conjectures concerning the cause, but we can arrive at no certainty. read more