Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 13:17
Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this [woman] out from me, and bolt the door after her.
17. bolt the door after herThestreet door of houses in the East is always kept barredthe boltsbeing of wood. In the great mansions, where a porter stands at theoutside, this precaution is dispensed with; and the circumstance,therefore, of a prince giving an order so unusual shows the vehementperturbation of Ammon’s mind.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Then he called his servants that ministered unto him,…. His domestic servants that waited on him:
and said, put now this [woman] out from me; she not willing to depart at once, he ordered her to be put out immediately by force; using her and speaking of her in a very rude and scandalous manner, calling her this, leaving it to be supplied, as they would understand it, this base woman, this strumpet, c.
and bolt the door after her that she might not return; this was more disgraceful still.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(17) Put now this woman out.Amnon doubtless intended to give the impression that Tamar had behaved shamefully towards him. The baseness of this insinuation is in keeping with his brutality.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Sa 13:17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this [woman] out from me, and bolt the door after her.
Ver. 17. Put now this woman out from me. ] His evil conscience he could not so easily thrust out of his bosom: this the poets call furies, quia ex furentibus cogitationibus promanant. Oh that we could cast out the idols of our hearts in like sort, saying unto them, Get ye hence! Isa 30:22 Oh that we could, out of pure hatred of our sins, as heartily desire to forego them, as to have them forgiven: to part with them, as to have them pardoned!