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2 Samuel 13:33

in 2 Samuel 13

So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead.

KJV

Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 13

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart,.... Neither suppose it, nor be troubled for it: to think that all the king's sons are dead: which was not to be thought, nor could any good reason be given for such a supposition for Amnon only is dead; he repeats it again with great assurance, which seems to confirm the suspicion of him before suggested; though some think he said this not from certain knowledge, but by conjecture.

This site's exposition

tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground

on 2 Samuel 13:31-33

The king “tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground”, mourning a household that is still alive. Jonadab, the cousin who designed Amnon's trap at verse 5, corrects him: “only Amnon is dead”. He adds that “Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar”.

This site's exposition

take to heart the report

Jonadab tells the king to put no weight on a report of every son dead. Only Amnon is dead, he says a second time. John Gill hears in this confidence a prior knowledge of Absalom's plan.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is well if Jonadab was not as guilty of Amnon's death as he was of his sin; such friends do those prove who are hearkened to as counsellors to do wickedly: he that would not be so kind as to prevent Amnon's sin would not be so kind as to prevent his ruin, when, it should seem, he might have done both.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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 words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְעַתָּ֡הand therefore

    veatahH6258 →433 times

  • אַל־may not

    ʾal-H408 →724 times

  • יָשֵׂם֩he set

    yasemH7760 →584 times

  • אֲדֹנִ֨יlord my

    ʾadoniH113 →333 times

  • הַמֶּ֤לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • לִבּוֹ֙heart his

    liboH3820 →595 times

  • דָּבָ֣רa word

    davarH1697 →1440 times

  • לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • בְּנֵ֥י[the] sons of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • מֵ֑תוּthey have died

    metuH4191 →839 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • אַמְנ֥וֹןAmnon

    ʾamnonH550 →28 times

  • לְבַדּ֖וֹto only him

    levadoH905 →200 times

  • מֵֽת׃ פhe has died

    metH4191 →839 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

5 stops

Each 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

    2 Samuel 19:19

    and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 22:15

      Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew…

    • 2 Samuel 16:5–14

      As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out…

    • Matthew 27:4

      “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

    • 1 Samuel 25:25

      My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young…

    • Exodus 10:16–17

      Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 13 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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