2 Samuel 13:21

21 Und da der König David solches alles hörte, ward er sehr zornig. Aber Absalom redete nicht mit Amnon, weder Böses noch Gutes;

2 Samuel 13:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:21

But when King David heard of all these things
Of Amnon's ravishing Tamar, and turning her out of doors in that inhuman manner he did, and of her distress upon it:

he was very wroth;
with Amnon; but we read not of any reproof he gave him, nor of any punishment inflicted on him by him. Abarbinel thinks the reason why he was not punished was because his sin was not cognizable by a court of judicature, nor was punishable by any way, or with any kind of death inflicted by the sanhedrim, as stoning, burning, &c. nor even by scourging, because there were no witnesses; but the punishment of it was cutting off, i.e. by the hand of God. The Jews say

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 a law was made on this, that virgins or unmarried persons should not be alone; for if this was done to the daughter of a king, much more might it be done to the daughter of a private man; and if to a modest person, much more to an impudent one.

F5 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 21. 1.

2 Samuel 13:21 In-Context

19 warf Thamar Asche auf ihr Haupt und zerriß den bunten Rock, den sie anhatte, und legte ihre Hand auf das Haupt und ging daher und schrie.

20 Und ihr Bruder Absalom sprach zu Ihr: Ist denn dein Bruder Amnon bei dir gewesen? Nun, meine Schwester, schweig still; es ist dein Bruder, und nimm die Sache nicht so zu Herzen. Also blieb Thamar einsam in Absaloms, ihres Bruders, Haus.

21 Und da der König David solches alles hörte, ward er sehr zornig. Aber Absalom redete nicht mit Amnon, weder Böses noch Gutes;

22 denn Absalom war Amnon gram, darum daß er seine Schwester Thamar geschwächt hatte.

23 Über zwei Jahre aber hatte Absalom Schafscherer zu Baal-Hazor, das bei Ephraim liegt; und Absalom lud alle Kinder des Königs