2 Samuel 13:35

Jonadab told the king, “Can you see? The king's sons are arriving! It's exactly as your servant said.”

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In The King James Version

And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king’s sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.

In Context

34In the meantime, Absalom had run away. When the watchman in Jerusalem looked out, he saw a large crowd coming along the road west of him, down the side of the hill.

36As he finished speaking, the king's sons came in, crying and wailing. Then the king and all his officials also cried loudly.

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Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 13:31-39

Amnon's Death; Absalom's Flight. ( b. c. 1032.) 30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. 31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. 32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by… Read the whole commentary →

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