2 Samuel 14:27

Contextual Overview

²¹Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.” ²¹ The king said to Yo'av, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Avshalom back. ²¹ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. ²¹ Then the king said to Joab, "Look, please, I will grant this thing. Go and bring back the young man Absalom." ²¹ Then the king said to Joab, "Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom." ²¹ The king said to Joab, "Look, I will do what I promised. Bring back the young man Absalom." ²¹ Then the king said to Joab, "All right! I will do this thing! Go and bring back the young man Absalom! ²¹Then the king said to Joab, "Listen, I will most certainly do this thing; now go, bring back the young man Absalom." ²¹ Then the king said to Joab, "Behold now, I will certainly do this thing; go then, bring back the young man Absalom." ²¹ And the King sayde vnto Ioab, Beholde nowe, I haue done this thing: go then, & bring the yong man Absalom againe.

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born: 2 Samuel 18:18, Job 18:16-19, Isaiah 14:22, Jeremiah 22:30

Tamar: 2 Samuel 13:1

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And unto Absalom there were born three sons,.... Who very probably died young; and the rather it may be thought so, since their names are not given, and more especially since it is said that Absalom had no sons, and therefore erected a pillar to keep up the remembrance of his name; unless it can be thought that that was set up before he had any sons, which is not so likely; see 2 Samuel 18:18;

and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar; and whom he named after his sister Tamar, who was ravished by Amnon; the Septuagint version in some copies adds,

"and she became the wife of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, and bore to him Abia;''

and so says Josephus b; see 1 Kings 15:22;

she was a woman of a fair countenance; as was her aunt, after whom she was named, 2 Samuel 13:1; by this it appears that she lived to a woman's estate, though the sons of Absalom died young.

b Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 8. sect. 5.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Three sons - These probably died in infancy (see the marginal reference). From Tamar must have been born Maachah, the mother of Abijah, and the favorite wife of Rehoboam 1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chronicles 11:20-22.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 14:27. Unto Absalom there were born — These children did not survive him; see 2 Samuel 18:18.

Tamar — The Septuagint adds, And she became the wife of Roboam, the son of Solomon, and bare to him Abia; see Matthew 1:7. Josephus says the same. This addition is not found in the other versions.