2 Samuel 13:34

Listen to 2 Samuel 13:34
34 Entre tanto Absal贸n hab铆a huido. Y el joven que estaba de atalaya alz贸 los ojos y mir贸, y he aqu铆, mucha gente que ven铆a por el camino que estaba a sus espaldas del lado del monte.

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 ) .

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2 Samuel 13:34 In-Context

32 Y Jonadab, hijo de Simea, hermano de David, dijo: No crea mi se帽or que han dado muerte a todos los j贸venes, hijos del rey, pues s贸lo ha muerto Amn贸n; porque esto hab铆a sido determinado por decisi贸n de Absal贸n desde el d铆a en que Amn贸n viol贸 a su hermana Tamar.
33 Ahora pues, no tome en serio mi se帽or el rey el rumor que dice: "todos los hijos del rey murieron", porque s贸lo Amn贸n ha muerto.
34 Entre tanto Absal贸n hab铆a huido. Y el joven que estaba de atalaya alz贸 los ojos y mir贸, y he aqu铆, mucha gente que ven铆a por el camino que estaba a sus espaldas del lado del monte.
35 Y Jonadab dijo al rey: He aqu铆, son los hijos del rey que vienen; conforme a la palabra de tu siervo, as铆 ha sucedido.
36 Y aconteci贸 que apenas hab铆a acabado de hablar, he aqu铆, los hijos del rey llegaron, alzaron su voz y lloraron; y tambi茅n el rey y todos sus siervos lloraron muy amargamente.
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