But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.
Ver. 37. And went to Talmai.] His grandfather by the mother's side, to whom he was the welcomer, because he had slain Amnon, who had deflowered his niece Tamar.
Verse 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 Tal...
See the marginal reference. Ammihur (see the margin) is found as a Punic name....
3. FURTHER CHASTISEMENT: AMNON, TAMAR, AND ABSALOM CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Amnon's wicked desire (2 Samuel 13:1)_ 2. The incest (2 Samuel 13:6) 3. His hatred (2 Samuel 13:15) 4. Amnon murd
2 SAMUEL 13. AMNON, TAMAR, AND ABSALOM (J). 2 SAMUEL 13:1. Amnon, David's eldest son, forces his half-sister, Tamar, the full sister of Absalom. He might have married her (2 Samuel 3:5 *) but did not...
AMMIHUD, or Ammihur. DAVID. Septuagint reads "David the king"....
_But Absalom fled_, &c. NOW ABSALOM HAD FLED AND GONE TO TALMAI. The narrative goes back to 2 Samuel 13:34. Talmai was Absalom's grandfather. See note on ch. 2 Samuel 3:3. _And David mourned David_has...
The news brought to David. Absalom's flight 31. _tare his garments_ RENT HIS CLOTHES. The E. V. has introduced a distinction which does not exist in the Hebrew. Cp. ch. 2 Samuel 1:11. _lay on the ea...
BUT ABSALOM FLED, &C.— As he had committed a wilful murder, he could have no city of refuge in his own country; and therefore he fled out of the kingdom, to his mother's father. Thus did God, by withd...
_Absalom Flees to Talmai._ 2 Samuel 13:30-39 30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of the...
_BUT ABSALOM FLED, AND WENT TO TALMAI, THE SON OF AMMIHUD, KING OF GESHUR. AND DAVID MOURNED FOR HIS SON EVERY DAY._ Absalom fled, and went to Talmai. The law as to premeditated murder (Numbers 35:21...
13:37 day. (b-22) Or 'all the time.'...
TALMAI] Absalom escapes to his grandfather (2 Samuel 3:3) to avoid the revenge of Amnon's relatives. _David_ MOURNED] His sin was finding him out, and he was tasting the first bitter fruits of it in...
THE CRIME OF AMNON, AND ABSALOM'S VENGEANCE This narrative and the history of Absalom's rebellion is omitted in Chronicles....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 13 AMNON AND TAMAR V1 David had a son called Absalom and another son called Amnon. Absalom had a beautiful sister called Tamar. Am...
WENT TO TALMAI. — His maternal grandfather. (See Note on 2 Samuel 3:2.) This verse may be considered parenthetical: — The king’s sons came... and wept sore. (“Only Absalom fled and went to... Geshur.”...
וְ אַבְשָׁלֹ֣ום בָּרַ֔ח וַ יֵּ֛לֶךְ אֶל ־תַּל
CHAPTER XVII. _ ABSALOM AND AMNON._ 2 Samuel 13:1. 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 chapt...
ABSALOM FLEES WHILE DAVID MOURNS 2 Samuel 13:28 For two years Absalom nursed his anger. Time did not alter his resolve, though it lulled to sleep any suspicion that might have been excited if he had...
The story of Amnon's sin is of a sin committed by a child of David similar to his own. When the story was told to him, we are told that he was wroth. We are not told that he disciplined Amnon. How cou...
But Absalom fled, and went to (p) Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day. (p) For Maachah his mother was the daughter of this Talmai, (2 Samuel 3:3)....
_Tholomai, or Tholmai, (Haydock; chap. iii. 3.) his maternal grandfather. (Calmet)_...
(34) But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him. (35) And Jonadab said unto the...
In the sketch proposed of these books of scripture there is of course no pretension to notice every point of interest they contain, but only a general comprehensive view, as far as the Lord enables me...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11, 12, AND 13. The history of David and the wife of Uriah follows. David is no longer acting by faith in God's service. When the time comes at which kings go...
BUT ABSALOM FLED,.... As before related, but here repeated for the sake of what follows: AND WENT TO TALMAI, THE SON OF AMMIHUD, KING OF GESHUR: his mother's father, see 2 Samuel 3:3, where he might...
_David mourned for his son every day_ Either for the murder of Amnon, or for Absalom, who was lost as to any comfort he could have from him. “Thus did God, by withdrawing his restraining grace from Am...
1 Amnon louing Tamar, by Ionadabs counsell faining himselfe sicke, rauisheth her. 15 Hee hateth her, and shamefully turneth her away. 19 Absalom entertaineth her, and concealeth his purpose. 23 At...
But Absalom fled and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur, his grandfather, 2 Samuel 3:3. AND DAVID MOURNED FOR HIS SON, namely, for Amnon, EVERY DAY, literally, "all his days," all his...
Absalom's Revenge...
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 o...
AMMIHUD: Or, Ammihur...
30-39 Jonadab was as guilty of Ammon's death, as of his sin; such false friends do they prove, who counsel us to do wickedly. Instead of loathing Absalom as a murderer, David, after a time, longed to...
TALMAI, THE SON OF AMMIHUD; his mother's father, 2 SAMUEL 3:3; that he might have present protection and sustenance from him; and that by his mediation he might obtain his father's pardon and favour....
2 Samuel 13:37 Absalom H53 fled H1272 (H8804) went H3212 (H8799) Talmai H8526 son H1121 Ammihud H5991 ...
BUT ABSALOM FLED, AND WENT TO TALMAI (1 Samuel 27:8). David, in the years of his wanderings, made a savage raid upon Geshur, and evidently bore away Maacah, daughter of the king of Geshur. Of her was...
CONTENTS: Ammon's crime. Absalom's vengeance for Tamar's wrong. CHARACTERS: David, Absalom, Ammon, Tamar, Jonadab. CONCLUSION: Fleshly lusts are their own punishment and not only war against the sou...
2 Samuel 13:2. _He fell sick for his sister Tamar._ Most young men who have come to ruin, have followed some blind and impetuous passion. 2 Samuel 13:13. _The king will not withhold me from thee._ In...
_Absalom hath slain all the king’s sons._ CHASTISEMENT The fulfilment of the curse on David’s house now begun. I. Observe the justice of God’s dealings in chastisement. A comparison of David’s sin...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 13:37 TALMAI was Absalom’s maternal grandfather (2 Samuel 3:3)....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 13:1. “ABSALOM” and “TAMAR” were the children of Maacha, and “AMNON” was David’s eldest son by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess (see chap 2 Samuel 3:2). 2 Samuel 13:2
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 13:1 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 c...
So we find that the problems begin very soon thereafter. David had a son by the name of Amnon, and Amnon was talking with a man who was called his friend (2 Samuel 13:1; 2 Samuel 13:3), Yet, I would c...
1 Chronicles 3:2; 2 Samuel 3:3...
Talmai — His mother's father, that he might have present protection and sustenance from him; and that by his mediation he might obtain his father's pardon....