2 Samuel 14:27

27 Il naquit à Absalom trois fils, et une fille nommée Tamar, qui était une femme belle de figure.

2 Samuel 14:27 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 14:27

And unto Absalom there were born three sons
Who very probably died young; and the rather it may be thought so, since their names are not given, and more especially since it is said that Absalom had no sons, and therefore erected a pillar to keep up the remembrance of his name; unless it can be thought that that was set up before he had any sons, which is not so likely; see ( 2 Samuel 18:18 ) ;

and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar;
and whom he named after his sister Tamar, who was ravished by Amnon; the Septuagint version in some copies adds,

``and she became the wife of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, and bore to him Abia;''

and so says Josephus ^F2; see ( 1 Kings 15:22 ) ( 2 Chronicles 11:20 ) ;

she was a woman of a fair countenance;
as was her aunt, after whom she was named, ( 2 Samuel 13:1 ) ; by this it appears that she lived to a woman's estate, though the sons of Absalom died young.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 8. sect. 5.)

2 Samuel 14:27 In-Context

25 Il n'y avait pas un homme dans tout Israël aussi renommé qu'Absalom pour sa beauté; depuis la plante du pied jusqu'au sommet de la tête, il n'y avait point en lui de défaut.

26 Lorsqu'il se rasait la tête, -c'était chaque année qu'il se la rasait, parce que sa chevelure lui pesait, - le poids des cheveux de sa tête était de deux cents sicles, poids du roi.

27 Il naquit à Absalom trois fils, et une fille nommée Tamar, qui était une femme belle de figure.

28 Absalom demeura deux ans à Jérusalem, sans voir la face du roi.

29 Il fit demander Joab, pour l'envoyer vers le roi; mais Joab ne voulut point venir auprès de lui. Il le fit demander une seconde fois; et Joab ne voulut point venir.