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2 Samuel 13:23 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 13 · verse 23
And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.2 Samuel 13:23 · King James Version
2 Samuel 13:23 in context
21But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
22And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
23And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
24And 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.
25And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sheepshearersgazâzto cut offH1494 →
- BaalhazorBaʻal ChâtsôwrBaal-Chatsor, a place in PalestineH1178 →
- AbsalomʼĂbîyshâlôwmAbshalom, a son of DavidH53 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- invitedqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- king'smeleka kingH4428 →
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What Solomon says of the beginning of strife is as true of the beginning of all sin, it is as the letting forth of water; when once the flood-gates are plucked up, an inundation follows; one mischief begets another, and it is hard to say what shall be in the end thereof. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-29