2 Samuel 13:29 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 13:29

So 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

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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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Commentary

5 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And 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.

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The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

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)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֞וּ	vai.ya.'a.Su	and they did	H6213 →
נַעֲרֵ֤י	na.'a.Rei	[the] servants of	H5288 →
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙	'av.sha.lOm	Absalom	H53 →
לְאַמְנ֔וֹן	le.'am.Non	to Amnon	H550 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
צִוָּ֖ה	tzi.Vah	he had commanded	H6680 →
אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם	'av.sha.Lom	Absalom	H53 →
וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ׀	vai.ya.Ku.mu	and they arose	H6965 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וַֽיִּרְכְּב֛וּ	vai.yir.ke.Vu	and they mounted	H7392 →
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	each	H376 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פִּרְדּ֖וֹ	pir.Do	mule his	H6505 →
וַיָּנֻֽסוּ׃	vai.ya.Nu.su	and they fled	H5127 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
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.
Through
2 Samuel 18:9
Now 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…
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.
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.
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.

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