2 Samuel 13:22

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

2 Samuel 13:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad,
&c.] That is, said nothing at all to him about the rape of his sister; not that he was sulky with him, and would not converse with him at all; for then Amnon would have mistrusted that he was meditating revenge, and therefore would have been upon his guard; but on the contrary he talked freely, and in appearance friendly, on other things, the better to conceal his hatred of him, and his design to avenge the injury of his sister:

for Absalom hated Amnon;
or, "though" ^F6 he hated him, yet he behaved in this manner towards him:

because he had forced his sister Tamar:
who was so by father and mother's side, and so near and dear unto him, and therefore resented the injury done her.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (yk) , "quamvis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Pool, & Patrick.

2 Samuel 13:22 In-Context

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

24 und kam zum König und sprach: Siehe, dein Knecht hat Schafscherer; der König wolle samt seinen Knechten mit seinem Knecht gehen.