2 Samuel 13:32-33 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:30-39

Here is, I. The fright that David was put into by a false report brought to Jerusalem that Absalom had slain all the king's sons, 2 Sam. 13:30. It is common for fame to make bad worse; and the first news of such a thing as this represents it as more dreadful than afterwards it proves. Let us not therefore be afraid of evil tidings, while they want confirmation, but, when we hear the worst, hope the best, at least hope better. However, this false news gave as much affliction to David, for the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:32

And Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David's brother ,.... The same that advised Amnon to feign himself sick, to get Tamar sent to him, that he might enjoy her, 2 Samuel 13:3 , answered and said ; said in answer to the report brought to the king, which threw him into such an agony: let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons ; he did not believe it himself, and would not have the king entertain such a thought, and distress himself with it: for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:33

Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart ,.... Neither suppose it, nor be troubled for it: to think that all the king's sons are dead : which was not to be thought, nor could any good reason be given for such a supposition for Amnon only is dead ; he repeats it again with great assurance, which seems to confirm the suspicion of him before suggested; though some think he said this not from certain knowledge, but by conjecture. read more

Adam Clarke

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:1-33

( JERUSALEM .) The crime of Amnon. The chastisements which David experienced came upon him chiefly through his family. The misconduct of his sons was largely due to his own "in the matter of Uriah," and his defective discipline (lSa 2 Samuel 3:13 ; 1 Kings 1:6 ) in connection with polygamy ( 2 Samuel 3:1-5 ). "This institution is the absolutely irrepressible source of numberless evils of this description. It ever furnishes a ready stimulus to unbounded sensual desire in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:23-39

The facts are: 1 . Absalom, holding a sheep shearing festival at Baal-hazor, invites the king and his sons. 2 . The king, declining to go on account of being unnecessarily burdensome, gets rid of Absalom's entreaty, and bestows on him a parting blessing. 3 . After some persuasion, Absalom obtains permission for all the king's sons to accompany him. 4 . During the festivities the servants of Absalom, in obedience to their master, smite Amnon, whereupon all the other of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:30-39

( JERUSALEM ) Parental sorrows. "And the king also and all his servants wept very sore" ( 2 Samuel 13:36 ). David's intense feeling appears in his affection ( 2 Samuel 13:6 , 2 Samuel 13:25 , 2 Samuel 13:39 ), his wrath ( 2 Samuel 13:21 ), and his grief ( 2 Samuel 13:31 ). The delight which a father finds in his children is seldom unalloyed. His sorrows, on their account, are— I. OFTTIMES PECULIARLY SEVERE . 1 . Their misbehaviour. "A 'house cross' is the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:32

By the appointment; literally, for upon the mouth of Absalom it was laid from the day he humbled Tamar his sister, "Mouth" is not the word we should have expected here, and the Syriac instead has "mind," and the Chaldee "heart." But the mouth often expresses determination, and Jonadab may have noticed Absalom looking at his brother with compressed lips. More probably, however, it is a colloquial phrase, with no special application to Absalom; and the Syriac gives the true sense. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 13:32

The history supplies another (compare 2 Samuel 13:3) instance of Jonadab’s subtlety and sagacity. He at once gave the true explanation of the catastrophe at Baal-hazor, in spite of the false rumour.By the appointment of Absalom ... - Meaning that Absalom’s resolution to slay Amnon had been formed at the time, and only waited an opportunity to give expression to it. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 13:31-32

2 Samuel 13:31-32. Then the king arose He was thrown by this news, as we may well imagine, into the utmost consternation, and almost driven even to despair. He tore his clothes, and laid himself down upon the earth, like a person frantic with grief, and abandoned to distress; and his servants stood disconsolate around him with their garments torn also. And Jonadab answered, &c. Recollecting himself in his subtlety, and running over the train of his own thoughts, he easily concluded... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:30-39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 13:32

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:1-33

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:23-39

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:30-39

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 13:32

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 13:32

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 13:31-32

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