John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:29
And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded ,.... They smote him, and killed him, when he gave the word: then all the king's sons arose ; from the feast, imagining they were all designed to be slain: and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled ; creatures much used in Judea instead of horses, which, though they might not be bred, might be used F15 Vid. Misn. Celaim, c. 8. sect. 1. . read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:21-29
What Solomon says of the beginning of strife is as true of the beginning of all sin, it is as the letting forth of water; when once the flood-gates are plucked up, an inundation follows; one mischief begets another, and it is hard to say what shall be in the end thereof. I. We are here told how David resented the tidings of Amnon's sin: He was very wroth, 2 Sam. 13:21. So he had reason to be, that his own son should do such a wicked thing and draw him to be accessory to it. It would be a... read more