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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记下 13:39

大衛的心不再懷恨押沙龍,對暗嫩的死也不再那麼難過了。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Family;   Fathers';   Home;   Love;   Parental;   Parents;   Paternal Love;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Amnon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Murder;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Absalom;   Amnon;   David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Murder;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Murder;   Samuel, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
暗 嫩 死 了 以 後 , 大 卫 王 得 了 安 慰 , 心 里 切 切 想 念 押 沙 龙 。

Contextual Overview

30 While the king's sons were on their way, the news came to David, "Absalom has killed all of the king's sons! Not one of them is left alive!" 31 King David tore his clothes and lay on the ground to show his sadness. All his servants standing nearby tore their clothes also. 32 Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother, said to David, "Don't think all the young men, your sons, are killed. No, only Amnon is dead! Absalom has planned this ever since Amnon forced his sister Tamar to have sexual relations with him. 33 My master and king, don't think that all of the king's sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead!" 34 In the meantime Absalom had run away. A guard standing on the city wall saw many people coming from the other side of the hill. 35 So Jonadab said to King David, "Look, I was right! The king's sons are coming!" 36 As soon as Jonadab had said this, the king's sons arrived, crying loudly. David and all his servants began crying also. 37 David cried for his son every day. But Absalom ran away to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. 38 After Absalom ran away to Geshur, he stayed there for three years. 39 When King David got over Amnon's death, he missed Absalom greatly.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the soul of: Genesis 31:30, Deuteronomy 28:32, Philippians 2:26

longed: or, was consumed, Psalms 84:2, Psalms 119:20

comforted: 2 Samuel 12:23, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 37:35, Genesis 38:12

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:20 - I will 2 Samuel 14:1 - toward Absalom Psalms 109:4 - For my Romans 1:11 - I long 2 Corinthians 12:15 - though 1 Thessalonians 2:17 - endeavoured

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And [the soul of] King David longed to go forth unto Absalom,.... In like manner it is supplied and paraphrased in the Targum, because the word rendered "longed" is feminine; though it may be used to denote the effeminateness of David's disposition and carriage on this occasion. Aben Ezra thinks the word "wife", should be supplied, and then the sense is, that the wife of King David, the mother of Absalom, made supplication to him to send forth one of the young men to fetch Absalom, and that by her importunity to him she stirred up a longing desire in David after him. Abarbinel observes, from another writer of theirs, that all the three years David was mourning for his son, he went out continually to seek to take vengeance on Absalom; but after that time, the mother of Absalom, or Tamar his sister, or his daughter, was importunate with the king, and restrained him from going forth to seek vengeance on Absalom; and when he was comforted concerning Amnon, that woman found means to restrain him from going out, and he restrained his servants from going forth against Absalom; and so he observes the word is used for withholding or restraining in

Psalms 40:10; and this agrees with several ancient versions, as the Vulgate Latin,

"King David ceased to persecute Absalom;''

and the Septuagint,

"King David ceased to go out to Absalom;''

and the Syriac version,

"and King David abstained from going out after Absalom:''

for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead; and could not be brought back from the grave, though Absalom might be from his exile, to which he had an inclination; but he knew not how to do it, consistent with justice and his own honour.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Longed to go forth - Rather, “longed after Absalom,” literally, was consumed in going forth, with a sense of disappointed hope.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 13:39. David longed to go forth unto Absalom — We find that he had a very strong paternal affection for this young man, who appears to have had little to commend him but the beauty of his person. David wished either to go to him, or to bring him back; for the hand of time had now wiped off his tears for the death of his son Amnon. Joab had marked this disposition, and took care to work on it, in order to procure the return of Absalom. It would have been well for all parties had Absalom ended his days at Geshur. His return brought increasing wretchedness to his unfortunate father. And it may be generally observed that those undue, unreasonable paternal attachments are thus rewarded.


 
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