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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 13 This chapter relates some of the evils that were to arise out of David's house, and which were similar to the evils committed by him; the deflowering of his daughter, and the murder of his eldest son: the story is this; Amnon falls in love with Tamar, his sister, and grew thin upon it, which being observed by a friend of his, inquires the reason of it, which...
John Gill
So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick,.... Took the advice of his cousin Jonadab, and acted according to it: and when the king was come to see him; as he quickly did, after he had heard of his illness: Amnon said unto the king; who perhaps inquired of his appetite, whether he could eat anything, and what: I pray thee let my sister Tamar come; he calls her sister, as Jonadab had directed, the...
Matthew Henry
The righteous God had lately told David, by Nathan the prophet, that, to chastise him for his son in the matter of Uriah, he would "raise up evil against him out of his own house," (ch. xii. 11). And here, in the very next chapter, we find the evil beginning to rise; henceforward he was followed with one trouble after another, which made the latter part of his reign less glorious and pleasant...