After two full years: this circumstance of time is noted, partly as an aggravation of Absalom's malice, which was so inveterate and implacable; and partly as an act of Absalom's policy, that both Amnon and David might more securely comply with his desires, as being now free from all suspicion of revenge. Absalom had sheep-shearers, according to the manner of those ancient times, when princes did not give themselves up to sloth and luxury, but spent their time and pains in some honest employment. Ephraim; either, first, The city called Ephraim, or Ephrem, 1 Thessalonians 11:54. Or, secondly, The tribe of Ephraim, towards or nigh unto which this place was situate.

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