2 Samuel 13:37

37 Forsooth Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. Therefore David bewailed his son Amnon in many days (And so David bewailed his son Amnon for many days).

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 And Jonadab said to the king, Lo! the sons of the king come; after the word of thy servant, so it is done (yea, so it is done, just as thy servant hath said).

36 And when he had ceased to speak, also the sons of the king appeared; and they entered, and raised up their voice, and wept; but also the king and all his servants wept with full great weeping.

37 Forsooth Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. Therefore David bewailed his son Amnon in many days (And so David bewailed his son Amnon for many days).

38 Forsooth Absalom, when he had fled, and had come into Geshur, was there (for) three years.

39 And [king] David ceased to pursue Absalom, for he was comforted upon the death of Amnon. (And after King David resigned himself to Amnon's death, he longed for his son Absalom.)