2 Samuel 13:33

33 Now, therefore, do not let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead, for only Amnon is dead.

2 Samuel 13:33 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:33

Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his
heart
Neither suppose it, nor be troubled for it:

to think that all the king's sons are dead:
which was not to be thought, nor could any good reason be given for such a supposition

for Amnon only is dead;
he repeats it again with great assurance, which seems to confirm the suspicion of him before suggested; though some think he said this not from certain knowledge, but by conjecture.

2 Samuel 13:33 In-Context

31 Then the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the earth; and all his slaves stood by with their clothes rent.

32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, Do not let my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king’s sons, for only Amnon is dead, for by the mouth of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

33 Now, therefore, do not let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead, for only Amnon is dead.

34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there came many people by the way of the side of the mountain behind him.

35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king’s sons come; as thy slave said, so it is.