2 Samuel 13:29
in 2 Samuel 13So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
KJV
And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 13
Commentary
9 notes on this verseAnd the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded,.... They smote him, and killed him, when he gave the word: then all the king's sons arose; from the feast, imagining they were all designed to be slain: and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled; creatures much used in Judea instead of horses, which, though they might not be bred, might be used (o). (o) Vid. Misn. Celaim, c. 8. sect. 1.
This site's exposition
heart is merry with wine
on 2 Samuel 13:28-29
Absalom orders his men to wait until Amnon's “heart is merry with wine”, an unguarded moment like the one Amnon made for Tamar. A son of David is killed by a son of David, the first blow of the sword promised at 12:10. The other sons flee on their mules.
This site's exposition
each one fled on his mule
Albert Barnes observes that the mule was the royal mount in this period, and David's own mule carries Solomon at 1 Kings 1:33. Absalom's own mule will carry him under the oak at 2 Samuel 18:9. John Gill says each son feared he was marked for death.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
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.
Commanded - Now the threatened sword is drawn in David's house, which will not depart from it. His eldest son falls by it, thro' his own wickedness, and his father by his connivance is accessory to it.
Observe the aggravations of this sin:-- [1.] He would have Amnon slain when his heart was merry with wine, and he was consequently least apprehensive of danger, least able to resist it, and also least fit to go out of the world; as if his malice aimed to destroy both soul and body, not giving him time to say, Lord, have mercy upon me.
Amnon's character, we have reason to think, was bad in other things; if he had not forsaken God, he would never have been given up to these vile affections. Godly parents have often been afflicted with wicked children; grace does not run in the blood, but corruption does.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Upon his mule - So in 1Ki 1:33, 1Ki 1:38 the mule is the royal animal on which David himself rides. In 2Sa 18:9 Absalom rides upon a mule.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The Syrian mules are, in activity, strength, and capabilities, still far superior to ours. 30, 31. tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons--It was natural that in the consternation and tumult caused by so atrocious a deed, an exaggerated report should reach the court, which was at once plunged into the depths of grief and despair.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֞וּ | vaiyaasu | and they did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| נַעֲרֵ֤י | naarei | [the] servants of | H5288 → | 239 times |
| אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ | ʾavshalom | Absalom | H53 → | 110 times |
| לְאַמְנ֔וֹן | leamnon | to Amnon | H550 → | 28 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֖ה | tzivah | he had commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם | ʾavshalom | Absalom | H53 → | 110 times |
| וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ׀ | vaiyakumu | and they arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וַֽיִּרְכְּב֛וּ | vaiyirkevu | and they mounted | H7392 → | 78 times |
| אִ֥ישׁ | ʾish | each | H376 → | 1663 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פִּרְדּ֖וֹ | pirdo | mule his | H6505 → | 15 times |
| וַיָּנֻֽסוּ׃ | vaiyanusu | and they fled | H5127 → | 159 times |
וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֞וּand they did
vaiyaasuH6213 →2628 times
נַעֲרֵ֤י[the] servants of
naareiH5288 →239 times
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙Absalom
ʾavshalomH53 →110 times
לְאַמְנ֔וֹןto Amnon
leamnonH550 →28 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
צִוָּ֖הhe had commanded
tzivahH6680 →494 times
אַבְשָׁל֑וֹםAbsalom
ʾavshalomH53 →110 times
וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ׀and they arose
vaiyakumuH6965 →628 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וַֽיִּרְכְּב֛וּand they mounted
vaiyirkevuH7392 →78 times
אִ֥ישׁeach
ʾishH376 →1663 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פִּרְדּ֖וֹmule his
pirdoH6505 →15 times
וַיָּנֻֽסוּ׃and they fled
vaiyanusuH5127 →159 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 29:12If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
it leads to
- Proverbs 20:8
A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
- 2 Kings 10:6–7
Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by…
- Psalms 101:5–7
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
- 1 Samuel 22:8–23
Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has…
- Psalms 52:2–4
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Proverbs 20:8
Through
2 Samuel 18:9Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 14:26
And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
- 2 Samuel 14:26
Through
1 Kings 1:33“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 32:30
It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
- 1 Kings 1:38
Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
- 2 Chronicles 32:30
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.