2 Samuel 13:37

Listen to 2 Samuel 13:37
37 Absal贸n, en su huida, fue a refugiarse con Talmay hijo de Amiud, rey de Guesur, y all铆 se qued贸 tres a帽os. David, por su parte, lloraba todos los d铆as por su hijo Amn贸n,

2 Samuel 13:37 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:37

But Absalom fled
As before related, but here repeated for the sake of what follows:

and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur:
his mother's father, see ( 2 Samuel 3:3 ) , where he might hope for protection and safety:

and [David] mourned for his son every day;
or "all the days" F17, i.e. of the three years Absalom was in Geshur, about the end of which he was comforted concerning Amnon, as the following verses show. Some think it was for Absalom he mourned, but rather for Amnon. The reason why he mourned for him, when he did not for his child by Bathsheba, who died, because that was an infant, this a grown man, and heir to his crown, and was slain by the sword of his brother, and so fulfilled a threatening to himself on account of his own sin, which, hereby no doubt, was brought fresh to his mind.


FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Mymyh lk) "cunctis diebus", V. L. "omnibus diebus", Pagninus, Montanus.
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2 Samuel 13:37 In-Context

35 Jonadab le coment贸 al rey:鈥斅縔a ve Su Majestad? Aqu铆 llegan sus hijos, tal como yo se lo hab铆a dicho.
36 Apenas hab铆a terminado de hablar cuando entraron los hijos del rey, todos ellos llorando a voz en cuello, y tambi茅n el rey y sus oficiales se pusieron a llorar desconsoladamente.
37 Absal贸n, en su huida, fue a refugiarse con Talmay hijo de Amiud, rey de Guesur, y all铆 se qued贸 tres a帽os. David, por su parte, lloraba todos los d铆as por su hijo Amn贸n,
39 y cuando se consol贸 por su muerte, comenz贸 a sentir grandes deseos de ver a Absal贸n.
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