Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Samuel 13:3
Shimeah - Called Shamma (marginal reference), was Jesse’s third son.
Subtil - literally, wise. The word is generally used in a good sense, but here, and in Job 5:13, it means crafty.
Shimeah - Called Shamma (marginal reference), was Jesse’s third son.
Subtil - literally, wise. The word is generally used in a good sense, but here, and in Job 5:13, it means crafty.
Verse 2 Samuel 13:3. _JONADAB_ WAS _A VERY SUBTLE MAN._] And most diabolic advice did he give to his cousin. We talk of the simplicity and excellence of primitive times! "Say not thou what is _the cau...
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...
SHIMEAH. Shammah (1 Samuel 16:9). SUBTIL. wise. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14....
_a friend_ This narrative is a strong warning against the danger of evil companions. The clever but unprincipled friend is more likely to provide means for gratifying evil passions than help in resist...
4. Amnon's Death, 2 Samuel 13:1-39. _Amnon's Sin With Tamar._ 2 Samuel 13:1-14 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name _was_ Tamar; and Amnon the...
_BUT AMNON HAD A FRIEND, WHOSE NAME WAS JONADAB, THE SON OF SHIMEAH DAVID'S BROTHER: AND JONADAB WAS A VERY SUBTIL MAN._ Jonadab, the son of Shimeah - or Shammah (1 Samuel 16:9), who was one of David...
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...
JONADAB, THE SON OF SHIMEAH. — In 1 Samuel 16:9, Shimeah is called _Shammah,_ and appears there as the third son of Jesse. He had another son, Jonathan, mentioned in 2 Samuel 21:21, as the conqueror o...
וּ לְ אַמְנֹ֣ון רֵ֗עַ וּ שְׁמֹו֙ יֹֽונָדָ֔ב
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...
SIN IN DAVID'S HOUSEHOLD 2 Samuel 13:1 The law of Moses clearly forbade the union which Amnon sought, Leviticus 18:11. It was an infamous passion, and the suggestion of Jonadab, if it was any reflect...
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...
_A very wise man. That is, a crafty and subtle man: for the counsel he gave on this occasion shews that his wisdom was but carnal and worldly. (Challoner) --- Jonadab seems to be styled Jonathan, chap...
(3) But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. What an awful thing it is to have, in what the world calls a friend, the wors...
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 AMNON HAD A FRIEND,.... Though in the issue his friendship proved his ruin: WHOSE NAME [WAS] JONADAB, THE SON OF SHIMEAH, DAVID'S BROTHER; so that they were own cousins, the same with Shammah, 1...
But Amnon had a friend, whose name [was] Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab [was] a very subtil man. Ver. 3. _But Amnon had a friend._] A friend no friend; a carnal friend, but...
_Amnon had a friend_ Say rather an _enemy;_ for surely he proved himself to be such in a high degree, by the evil counsel he gave, issuing in Amnon's utter ruin of soul, as is too probable, as well as...
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 Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, his own cousin; AND JONADAB WAS A VERY SUBTLE MAN, known for his craftiness....
Amnon's Crime...
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...
1-20 From henceforward David was followed with one trouble after another. Adultery and murder were David's sins, the like sins among his children were the beginnings of his punishment: he was too ind...
Shimeah, called also Shammah, 1 SAMUEL 16:9....
2 Samuel 13:3 Amnon H550 friend H7453 name H8034 Jonadab H3122 son H1121 Shimeah H8093 Davids H1732 brother H251 Jon
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 the son of David had a fair sister._ THE WICKEDNESS OF AMNON No other book but the Bible dare have inserted such a chronicle as this and yet have hoped to retain the attention and confidence...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 13:1 Nathan had warned David of “evil... out of your own house” (2 Samuel 12:11) as a result of his sin with Bathsheba. Chapters...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 13:3 The term CRAFTY is normally translated “wise” or “skillful.” Here, however, it is used in a negative sense. ⇐...
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 Corinthians 3:19; 1 Samuel 16:9; 2 Samuel 13:32; 2 Samuel 14:19;...