2 Samuel 13:34

Absalom fled away. A servant keeping watch raised his eyes and saw many people coming on the road on the hillside west of him.

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In The King James Version

But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.

In Context

33So therefore let not my master the king take this report to heart, so as to believe that all the king's sons are dead, for Amnon only is dead.”

35Then Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the king's sons are coming. It is just as your servant said.”

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Cross References

2 Samuel 13:37But Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.

Amos 5:19as when a man flees from a lion 1 and a bear meets him, 1 or he goes in a house and puts his hand on the wall 1 and a snake bites him. 1

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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