The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[AndTheWordWasGOD]

2 Samuel 13:19 (KJV)
And Tamar put ashes on her head,
and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her,
And laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.

 

[crossnote]

2 Samuel 13:20 NIV
[20] Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother. Don't take this thing to heart.” And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom's house, a desolate woman.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 13:21 (KJV)
But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.

 

[willfollowsGod]

2 Samuel 13:22
New International Version (NIV)

And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 13:23, "And it came to be, after two years, that Aḇshalom had sheep-shearers in Ba‛al Hatsor, which is beside Ephrayim, and Aḇshalom invited all the sons of the sovereign."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 13:24 (KJV)
And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 13:25, "But the sovereign said to Aḇshalom, “No, my son, let us not all go now, lest we be too heavy on you.” And he urged him, but he would not go. And he blessed him."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 13:26 (HCSB)
If not," Absalom said, "please let my brother Amnon go with us." The king asked him, "Why should he go with you?"

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 13:27, "And Aḇshalom urged him, so he let Amnon and all the sons of the sovereign go with him."

 

[AndTheWordWasGOD]

2 Samuel 13:28 (KJV)

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 13:29, "Then the servants of Aḇshalom did to Amnon as Aḇshalom had commanded. Then all the sons of the sovereign rose up, and each one mounted his mule and fled."

 

[AndTheWordWasGOD]

2 Samuel 13:30 (KJV)
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.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 13:31 (KJV)
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

 

[AndTheWordWasGOD]

2 Samuel 13:32 (KJV)
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 13:33 (KJV)
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.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 13:34 (KJV)
But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 13:35 (KJV)
And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 13:36, "And it came to be, as soon as he had finished speaking, that look, the sons of the sovereign came, and they lifted up their voice and wept. And the sovereign too, and all his servants wept very bitterly."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Samuel 13:37 (KJV)
But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

 

[Hizikyah]

2 Samuel 13:38, "So Aḇshalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years."