2 Samuel 13:25

וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל ־ אַבְשָׁלוֹם אַל ־ בְּנִי אַל ־ נָא נֵלֵךְ כֻּלָּנוּ וְלֹא נִכְבַּד עָלֶיךָ וַיִּפְרָץ ־ בּוֹ וְלֹֽא ־ אָבָה לָלֶכֶת וַֽיְבָרֲכֵֽהוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.

In Context

24וַיָּבֹא אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֶל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה ־ נָא גֹזְזִים לְעַבְדֶּךָ יֵֽלֶךְ ־ נָא הַמֶּלֶךְ וַעֲבָדָיו עִם ־ עַבְדֶּֽךָ ׃

26וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם וָלֹא יֵֽלֶךְ ־ נָא אִתָּנוּ אַמְנוֹן אָחִי וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ לָמָּה יֵלֵךְ עִמָּֽךְ ׃

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Cross References

Judges 19:7וַיָּקָם הָאִישׁ לָלֶכֶת וַיִּפְצַר ־ בּוֹ חֹתְנוֹ וַיָּשָׁב וַיָּלֶן שָֽׁם ׃

2 Samuel 14:22וַיִּפֹּל יוֹאָב אֶל ־ פָּנָיו אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ וַיְבָרֶךְ אֶת ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹאָב הַיּוֹם יָדַע עַבְדְּךָ כִּי ־ מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר ־ עָשָׂה הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת ־ דְּבַר עבדו ׃

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 13:22-30

The Plot Against Amnon. ( b. c. 1032.) 21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth. 22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. 23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons. 24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and… Read the whole commentary →

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