2 Samuel 13:37

37 Y David hizo duelo por su hijo Amnón por muchos días.
Absalón huyó adonde estaba su abuelo Talmai, hijo de Amiud, rey de Gesur.

2 Samuel 13:37 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:37

But Absalom fled
As before related, but here repeated for the sake of what follows:

and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur:
his mother's father, see ( 2 Samuel 3:3 ) , where he might hope for protection and safety:

and [David] mourned for his son every day;
or "all the days" ^F17, i.e. of the three years Absalom was in Geshur, about the end of which he was comforted concerning Amnon, as the following verses show. Some think it was for Absalom he mourned, but rather for Amnon. The reason why he mourned for him, when he did not for his child by Bathsheba, who died, because that was an infant, this a grown man, and heir to his crown, and was slain by the sword of his brother, and so fulfilled a threatening to himself on account of his own sin, which, hereby no doubt, was brought fresh to his mind.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Mymyh lk) "cunctis diebus", V. L. "omnibus diebus", Pagninus, Montanus.

2 Samuel 13:37 In-Context

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.

37 Y David hizo duelo por su hijo Amnón por muchos días.
Absalón huyó adonde estaba su abuelo Talmai, hijo de Amiud, rey de Gesur.

38 Se quedó en Gesur por tres años.

39 Y el rey David,
ya resignado de la muerte de Amnón, anhelaba reencontrarse con su hijo Absalón.