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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

2 Samuel 13:26

Let my brother Amnon go with us; for the king designed (as the following words show) to keep him at home with him, as being his eldest son, and heir of his kingdom; otherwise Absalom would never have made particular mention of him, which now he was forced to do. Nor did this desire of Amnon's presence want specious pretences, as that seeing the king would not, he who was next to him might, honour him with his company; and that this might be a manifest and public token of that love and friendship which was between him and his brother, notwithstanding the former occasion of difference\'b7

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See also 2 Samuel 13:26 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Samuel 13:26. _LET MY BROTHER AMNON GO_] He urged this with the more plausibility, because Amnon was the first-born, and presumptive heir to the kingdom; and he had disguised his resentment so...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    He mentions Amnon as being the king’s first-born. If he could not have the king’s company, let him at least have that of the heir apparent, and the king’s other sons....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _let my brother Amnon go_ If David would not go himself, at least he might send his eldest son as his representative. David's reluctance to consent shews that he felt some misgivings that Absalom had...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Absalom's vengeance 23. _Absalom had sheepshearers_ Sheepshearing was and still is an occasion of festivity. Cp. 1 Samuel 25:7 ff. _Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim_ Possibly _Tell Asur_, five mil...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I PRAY THEE LET MY BROTHER AMNON GO WITH US— As heir presumptive to the crown, Amnon might represent the king; and it was probably upon this pretence that Absalom was so pressing for his attendance....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Absalom Kills Amnon._ 2 Samuel 13:15-29 15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her _was_ greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CRIME OF AMNON, AND ABSALOM'S VENGEANCE This narrative and the history of Absalom's rebellion is omitted in Chronicles....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IF NOT... LET... AMNON. — Absalom then asks that if the king himself will not come, Amnon, as his eldest son and heir-apparent, may represent him at the feast. David hesitates, but as he could not wel...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ום וָ לֹ֕א יֵֽלֶךְ ־נָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    ABSALOM EXECUTES JUDGMENT 2 Samuel 13:15 When men yield to irregular passion, they go from one extreme to the other-from wicked love to wicked hate. If women would but realize this, how often it wou...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother (l) Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? (l) Pretending to the king that Amnon was most dear to him....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Amnon. He mentions him as the eldest, and that David might suppose that they were perfectly reconciled. (Calmet) --- The unhappy father seems for a long time to have expressed a reluctance and forebo...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (22) And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. (23) And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had she...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SAID ABSALOM, IF NOT,.... If it is not thy pleasure to go with me, if I cannot have the honour of thy company: I PRAY THEE, LET MY BROTHER AMNON GO WITH US; let me have the next mark of honour t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? Ver. 26. _If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go._] Who, being t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Let my brother Amnon go with us_ That is, with him and the rest of his brethren, as appears from the following verse. David designed, it seems, to keep him at home with him, as being his eldest son,...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then said Absalom, who craftily saw that this arrangement favored his plans of revenge, IF NOT, I PRAY THEE, LET MY BROTHER AMNON GO WITH US. AND THE KING SAID UNTO HIM, WHY SHOULD HE GO WITH THEE? He...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Absalom's Revenge...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    21-29 Observe the aggravations of Absalom's sin: he would have Ammon slain, when least fit to go out of the world. He engaged his servants in the guilt. Those servants are ill-taught who obey wicked m...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 13:26 Absalom H53 said H559 (H8799) brother H251 Amnon H550 go H3212 (H8799) king H4428 said...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Samuel 11:13; 2 Samuel 20:9; 2 Samuel 3:27; Psalms 55:21...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Let Amnon — For the king designed (as the following words shew) to keep him at home with him, as being his eldest son, and heir of his kingdom: otherwise Absalom would never have made particular menti...

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