2 Samuel 13:26
Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
27But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
Proverbs 26:24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
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 →