2 Samuel 13:34

34 Mientras tanto, Absalón escapó.
En ese momento, el centinela que estaba sobre la muralla de Jerusalén vio a una multitud descendiendo de una colina por el camino desde el occidente. Entonces corrió y le dijo al rey:
—Veo a una multitud que viene por el camino de Horonaim por la ladera de la colina.

2 Samuel 13:34 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:34

But Absalom fled
He who promised his servants protection could not protect himself, and who no doubt fled with him; he knew what he had done was death by law, and that there was no city of refuge for such sort of murder as this, and he had no reason to hope the king would suffer so foul a crime as this to pass unpunished:

and the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked:
to the way that led from Absalom's house to Jerusalem, to see if he could spy any other messenger on the road from thence:

and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind
him;
that is, behind the watchman, who, looking round him, saw them; these people were the king's sons and their attendants, who, being at some distance, the young man could not discern who they were; they did not come the direct road from Absalom's house, but came a round about way, for fear, as R. Isaiah rightly conjectures, lest Absalom should pursue, or send pursuers after them, and slay them; though others, as Kimchi, think this refers to the hill, and that the sense is, that the watchman saw them coming from the way which was behind the hill, and began to see them when they came to the side of it, which was the way that led to the city, surrounded by mountains, see ( Psalms 125:2 ) .

2 Samuel 13:34 In-Context

32 Pero justo en ese momento, Jonadab el hijo de Simea, hermano de David, llegó y dijo:
—No, no crea que todos los hijos del rey están muertos, ¡solamente Amnón! Absalón había estado tramando esto desde que Amnón violó a su hermana Tamar.

33 No, mi señor el rey, ¡no todos sus hijos están muertos! ¡Solo murió Amnón!

34 Mientras tanto, Absalón escapó.
En ese momento, el centinela que estaba sobre la muralla de Jerusalén vio a una multitud descendiendo de una colina por el camino desde el occidente. Entonces corrió y le dijo al rey:
—Veo a una multitud que viene por el camino de Horonaim por la ladera de la colina.

35 —¡Mire! —le dijo Jonadab al rey— ¡allí están! Ya vienen los hijos del rey, tal como dije.

36 Pronto llegaron, llorando y sollozando. Entonces el rey y todos sus siervos lloraron amargamente con ellos.