2 Samuel 13:24 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 13:24

And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?”

BSB

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ASV

And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

KJV

And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Absalom came to the king,.... At Jerusalem, to invite him in person: and said, behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; persons employed in shearing his sheep: and this being a time of entertainment and joy: let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants, go with thy servant; he invited the king and the whole royal family to go with him to Baalhazor, and partake of the sheepshearing feast; for by "his servants" are not meant the king's domestic servants, his guard and retinue, but his sons, as appears by what follows.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Withhold - This she spoke, because she thought her royal father would dispense with it, upon this extraordinary occasion, to save his first-born son's life: 15. Hated her - By the just judgment of God both upon Amnon and David, that so the sin might be made publick, and way for the succeeding tragedies.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If the sun going down once upon the wrath gives such place to the devil (as is intimated, Eph. iv. 26, 27 ), what would the sunsets of two full years do?

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim--A sheep-shearing feast is a grand occasion in the East. Absalom proposed to give such an entertainment at his estate in Baal-hazor, about eight miles northeast of Jerusalem near a town called Ephraim (Jos 11:10).

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֤א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he went	H935 →
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙	'av.sha.lOm	Absalom	H53 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הִנֵּה־	hi.neh-	here!	H2009 →
נָ֥א	na'	please	H4994 →
גֹזְזִ֖ים	go.ze.Zim	shearers	H1494 →
לְעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ	le.'av.De.kha	[belong] to servant your	H5650 →
יֵֽלֶךְ־	ye.lekh-	let him go	H1980 →
נָ֥א	na'	please	H4994 →
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וַעֲבָדָ֖יו	va.'a.va.Dav	and servants his	H5650 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃	'av.De.kha	servant your	H5650 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H53ʾavshalomAbsalom110×

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Psalms 55:21
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
leads to
- Psalms 57:4
  My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Proverbs 5:3–4
  Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 26:28
  A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
- Psalms 28:3
  Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
Through
Psalms 12:2
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
leads to
- Romans 16:18
  For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- Jeremiah 9:8
  Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
- Psalms 41:6
  My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
- Psalms 5:9
  For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

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