2 Samuel 13:38

So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

In Context

37But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

39And the soul of king David failed with longing for Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:13And the woman said: 'Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.

2 Samuel 14:32And Absalom answered Joab: 'Behold, I sent unto thee, saying: Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say: Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still; now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.'

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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