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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 13:29 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Sa 13:29 |
King James |
And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| every man gat him up upon his mule--This had become the favorite equipage of the great. King David himself had a state mule (Kg1 1:33). The Syrian mules are, in activity, strength, and capabilities, still far superior to ours. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Upon his mule - So in Kg1 1:33, Kg1 1:38 the mule is the royal animal on which David himself rides. In Sa2 18:9 Absalom rides upon a mule. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The servants did as he commanded, whereupon the other king's sons all fled upon their mules. - Sa2 13:30. But whilst they were on the road, the report of what Absalom had done reached the ears of the king, and, as generally happens in such cases, with very great exaggeration: "Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Commanded - Now the threatened sword is drawn in David's house, which will not depart from it. His eldest son falls by it, thro' his own wickedness, and his father by his connivance is accessory to it. |
33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
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.