2 Samuel 13:38

38 After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years.

2 Samuel 13:38 in Other Translations

38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

38 So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

38 He stayed there in Geshur for three years.

38 He was there three years.

38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

38 Absalom, having fled to Geshur, stayed there three years.

38 Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur where he stayed three years.

38 So Absalom ran away and went to Geshur. He stayed there for three years.

2 Samuel 13:38 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:38

So Absalom fled
This is the third time it is mentioned, and the reason of it here Abarbinel thinks is, that when he first fled to his grandfather, he used to stand openly in the court of his palace, and go with him wherever he went from place to place; but when he understood that his father mourned so for the death of Amnon, he was afraid he would send some person to lay hold on him, and take vengeance on him; and therefore he would go no more with the king from place to place, but went and abode in Geshur always, which was a fortified city, as it follows:

and went to Geshur, and was there three years:
and never went out of it, until he was fetched by Joab, as ( 2 Samuel 14:23 ) relates; nor is there anything in ( 2 Samuel 13:37 2 Samuel 13:38 ) disturbed and mutilated, as Spinosa ^F18 intimates, but the whole is very expressive and emphatic.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Tractat. Theolog. Politic. c. 9. p. 176.

2 Samuel 13:38 In-Context

36 As he finished speaking, the king’s sons came in, wailing loudly. The king, too, and all his attendants wept very bitterly.

37 Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.

38 After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years.

39 And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he was consoled concerning Amnon’s death.