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the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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New Living Translation

2 Samuel 13:33

No, my lord the king, your sons aren't all dead! It was only Amnon."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Rape;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Amnon;   Jonadab;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Absalom;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abimelech;   David;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jonadab;   Samuel, Books of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Absalom;   Amnon;   David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jon'adab;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Absalom;   Anger;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So now, my lord the king, don’t take seriously the report that says all the king’s sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore don't let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead.
King James Version
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
Lexham English Bible
So then, let not my lord the king set his heart on this matter, thinking, ‘All the sons of the king are dead,' for only Amnon alone is dead."
English Standard Version
Now therefore let not my lord the king so take it to heart as to suppose that all the king's sons are dead, for Amnon alone is dead."
New Century Version
My master and king, don't think that all of the king's sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead!"
New English Translation
Now don't let my lord the king be concerned about the report that has come saying, ‘All the king's sons are dead.' It is only Amnon who is dead."
Amplified Bible
"So now, do not let my lord the king take the report to heart that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon alone is dead."
New American Standard Bible
"So now, may my lord the king not take the report to heart, claiming, 'all the king's sons are dead'; but only Amnon is dead."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe therefore let not my lord the King take the thing so grieuously, to thinke that all ye Kings sonnes are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
Legacy Standard Bible
So now, do not let my lord the king take the report to heart, saying, ‘all the king's sons have died,' for only Amnon has died."
Contemporary English Version
Don't worry about the report that all your sons were killed. Only Amnon is dead,
Complete Jewish Bible
So my lord the king shouldn't take it as seriously as if all the king's sons are dead; only Amnon is dead."
Darby Translation
And now let not my lord the king take the thing to heart, to say, All the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead.
Easy-to-Read Version
My lord and king, don't think that all of your sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead."
George Lamsa Translation
Now therefore let not my lord the king think that all the kings sons are dead; for Amnon alone is dead.
Good News Translation
So don't believe the news that all your sons are dead; only Amnon was killed."
Literal Translation
And now, do not let my lord the king lay the word to heart, saying, All the king's sons have died; for only Amnon has died.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore let not my lorde the kynge take it so to hert, that all the kynges children shulde be deed, but that Ammon is deed onely.
American Standard Version
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead.
Bible in Basic English
So now, let not my lord the king take this thing to heart, with the idea that all the king's sons are dead: for only Amnon is dead.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Now therefore, let not my lorde the king take the thing so greeuously, to thinke that all the kinges sonnes are dead, for Amnon onely is dead.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead.'
King James Version (1611)
Now therefore let not my lord the King take the thing to his heart, to thinke that all the Kings sonnes are dead: for Amnon onely is dead.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now let not my lord the king take the matter to heart, saying, All the king’s sons are dead: for Amnon only of them is dead.
English Revised Version
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
Berean Standard Bible
So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the king's sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Now therfor, my lord the kyng, set not this word on his herte, and seie, Alle the sones of the kyng ben slayn; for Amon aloone is deed.
Young's Literal Translation
and now, let not my lord the king lay unto his heart the word, saying, All the sons of the king have died, for Amnon alone [is] dead.'
Update Bible Version
Now therefore don't let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
World English Bible
Now therefore don't let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead.
New King James Version
Now therefore, let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead. For only Amnon is dead."
New Life Bible
So do not let my lord the king take this to heart and think that all the king's sons are dead, for only Amnon is dead."
New Revised Standard
Now therefore, do not let my lord the king take it to heart, as if all the king's sons were dead; for Amnon alone is dead."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, let not my lord the king lay to his heart such a thing - to say, All the king's sons, are dead, - but, Amnon alone, is dead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore let not my lord the king take this thing into his heart, saying: All the king’s sons are slain: for Ammon only is dead.
Revised Standard Version
Now therefore let not my lord the king so take it to heart as to suppose that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon alone is dead."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now therefore, do not let my lord the king take the report to heart, namely, 'all the king's sons are dead,' for only Amnon is dead."

Contextual Overview

30 As they were on the way back to Jerusalem, this report reached David: "Absalom has killed all the king's sons; not one is left alive!" 31 The king got up, tore his robe, and threw himself on the ground. His advisers also tore their clothes in horror and sorrow. 32 But just then Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimea, arrived and said, "No, don't believe that all the king's sons have been killed! It was only Amnon! Absalom has been plotting this ever since Amnon raped his sister Tamar. 33 No, my lord the king, your sons aren't all dead! It was only Amnon." 34 Meanwhile Absalom escaped. Then the watchman on the Jerusalem wall saw a great crowd coming down the hill on the road from the west. He ran to tell the king, "I see a crowd of people coming from the Horonaim road along the side of the hill." 35 "Look!" Jonadab told the king. "There they are now! The king's sons are coming, just as I said." 36 They soon arrived, weeping and sobbing, and the king and all his servants wept bitterly with them. 37 And David mourned many days for his son Amnon. Absalom fled to his grandfather, Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. 38 He stayed there in Geshur for three years. 39 And King David, now reconciled to Amnon's death, longed to be reunited with his son Absalom.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

let not my lord: 2 Samuel 19:19

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:25 - regard

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart,.... Neither suppose it, nor be troubled for it:

to think that all the king's sons are dead: which was not to be thought, nor could any good reason be given for such a supposition

for Amnon only is dead; he repeats it again with great assurance, which seems to confirm the suspicion of him before suggested; though some think he said this not from certain knowledge, but by conjecture.


 
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