2 Samuel 13:35

35 Jonadab said to David, "Those are your sons coming, just as I said they would."

2 Samuel 13:35 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:35

And Jonadab said to the king, behold, the king's sons come,
&c.] For as they came nearer, it was plainly discovered that they were the king's sons, seen on the side of the hill:

as thy servant said, so it is;
he seems to applaud himself, and exult at his penetration and foresight.

2 Samuel 13:35 In-Context

33 So don't believe the news that all your sons are dead; only Amnon was killed."

34 In the meantime Absalom had fled. Just then the soldier on sentry duty saw a large crowd coming down the hill on the road from Horonaim. He went to the king and reported what he had seen.

35 Jonadab said to David, "Those are your sons coming, just as I said they would."

36 As soon as he finished saying this, David's sons came in; they started crying, and David and his officials also cried bitterly.

37 Absalom fled and went to the king of Geshur, Talmai son of Ammihud, and stayed there three years. David mourned a long time for his son Amnon;