37<\/strong>. But Absalom fled<\/em>, &c.] Now Absalom had fled and gone to Talmai.<\/strong> The narrative goes back to 2Sa 13:34<\/em><\/span>. Talmai was Absalom’s grandfather. See note on ch. 2Sa 3:3<\/span>.<\/p>\n And David mourned<\/em> ] David<\/em> has fallen out of the Heb. text, but is found in the Sept. and Vulg., and is clearly necessary to the sense.<\/p>\n for his son<\/em> ] Amnon, not Absalom, is meant. His first feeling towards Absalom was one of anger.<\/p>\n See the marginal reference.<\/P> Ammihur (see the margin) is found as a Punic name.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 37<\/span>. Absalom fled<\/B><\/I>] As he had committed wilful murder, he could not avail himself of a city of refuge, and was therefore obliged to leave the land of Israel, and take refuge with Talmai, king of Geshur, his grandfather by his mother’s side. See 2Sa 3:3<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Talmai, the son of Ammihud; <\/B>his mothers father, 2Sa 3:3<\/span>; that he might have present protection and sustenance from him; and that by his mediation he might obtain his fathers pardon and favour. <\/P> <\/p>\n 37. Absalom fled, and went toTalmai<\/B>The law as to premeditated murder (Nu35:21<\/span>) gave him no hope of remaining with impunity in his owncountry. The cities of refuge could afford him no sanctuary, and hewas compelled to leave the kingdom, taking refuge at the court ofGeshur, with his maternal grandfather, who would, doubtless, approveof his conduct.<\/P><\/p>\n But Absalom fled<\/strong>,…. As before related, but here repeated for the sake of what follows:<\/p>\n and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur<\/strong>: his mother’s father, see 2Sa 3:3<\/span>, where he might hope for protection and safety:<\/p>\n and [David] mourned for his son every day<\/strong>; or “all the days” q, i.e. of the three years Absalom was in Geshur, about the end of which he was comforted concerning Amnon, as the following verses show. Some think it was for Absalom he mourned, but rather for Amnon. The reason why he mourned for him, when he did not for his child by Bathsheba, who died, because that was an infant, this a grown man, and heir to his crown, and was slain by the sword of his brother, and so fulfilled a threatening to himself on account of his own sin, which, hereby no doubt, was brought fresh to his mind.<\/p>\n q “cunctis diebus”, V. L. “omnibus diebus”, Pagninus, Montanus.<\/p>\n “Only Absalom had fled and gone to Talmai the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur.” These words form a circumstantial clause, which the writer has inserted as a parenthesis, to define the expression “the king’s sons” more particularly. If we take these words as a parenthesis, there will be no difficulty in explaining the following word “mourned,” as the subject (David) may very easily be supplied from the preceding words “the king,” etc. (2Sa 13:36<\/span>). To the remark that David mourned all his life for his son (Amnon), there is attached, just as simply and quite in accordance with the facts, the more precise information concerning Absalom’s flight, that he remained in Geshur three years. The repetition of the words “Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur” may be accounted for from the general diffuseness of the Hebrew style. Talmai<\/em> the king of Geshur<\/em> was the father of Maacah<\/em>, Absalom’s mother (2Sa 3:3<\/span>). The lxx thought it necessary expressly to indicate this by inserting ( al<\/em>. ). <\/p>\n (37) Went to Talmai.<\/strong>His maternal grandfather. (See Note on 2Sa. 3:2-5<\/span>.) This verse may be considered parenthetical:The kings sons came . . . and wept sore. (Only Absalom fled and went to . . . Geshur.) In this case the omission of David in the latter clause of the verse is explained, as the nominative is easily supplied from 2Sa. 13:36<\/span>.<\/p>\n For his son every day.<\/strong>Amnon is certainly the son here meant, for whom David continually mourned until his grief was gradually assuaged by the lapse of time.<\/p>\n ABSALOM’S FLIGHT TO GESHUR, 2Sa 13:37-39<\/span>.<\/p>\n 37<\/strong>. <\/strong> Absalom fled <\/strong> When the other sons of the king arose and fled, he took advantage of the confusion and escaped out of the land. 2Sa 13:29<\/span>; 2Sa 13:34<\/span>. <\/p>\n Went to Talmai <\/strong> His maternal grandfather. 2Sa 3:3<\/span>.<\/p>\n Geshur <\/strong> A province belonging, at the time of Absalom’s flight, to Syria.<\/p>\n 2Sa 15:8<\/span>. It was on the northern border of Bashan, and adjoining the province of Argob. See Deu 3:14<\/span>; Jos 12:5<\/span>. “It is a remarkable fact and it shows how little change three thousand years have produced on this eastern land that Bashan is still the refuge of all offenders. If a man can only reach it, no matter what may have been his crimes or his failings, he is safe; the officers of government dare not follow him, and the avenger of blood even turns away in despair. During a short tour in Bashan, I met more than a dozen refugees, who, like Absalom in Geshur; awaited in security some favourable turn of events.” Porter.<\/p>\n 2Sa 13:37<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>But Absalom fled, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> As he had committed a wilful murder, he could have no city of refuge in his own country; and therefore he fled out of the kingdom, to his mother’s father. Thus did God, by withdrawing his restraining grace from Amnon, and leaving him a prey to his own passions, raise up evil to David out of his own house: <\/em>a daughter ravished by her own brother; that brother murdered by another brother; that other in exile for it, and soon to perish by a fate yet more deplorable, had it not been, if possible, more deserved! <\/p>\n REFLECTIONS.<\/strong>Bad news flies apace, and never loses in the relation. <\/p>\n 1. David is alarmed with the death of all his sons; such were the first flying reports; and, ready to fear the worst in remembrance of his past doings, and the threatenings against his family, he rends his clothes, and falls prostrate on the earth in an agony of grief, while his servants, with their clothes rent, stand round him. Note; <\/em>It becomes us to sympathize with the afflicted. <\/p>\n 2. Jonadab, who suspected the truth from reflecting on former circumstances, suggests, that Amnon only is dead, in revenge for his rape of Tamar; and the event verified his conclusion, for the king’s sons now appeared in sight from the watch-tower, and haste to his presence. There with tears they report the sad catastrophe; and, though it was some alleviation that they were not all slain, yet Amnon’s death, awakened the king’s bitter sorrow. Note; <\/em>(1.) In all our calamities we have to thank God that they are no worse. (2.) The loss of a son, and a wicked son too, is a deep wound in a godly parent’s heart. <\/p>\n 3. Absalom fled immediately from justice, and sought an asylum with his grandfather Talmai, where three years he lived an exile. Note; <\/em>One rash action often makes the whole life miserable. <\/p>\n 4. As time wore off the grief for the dead Amnon, the love of the living Absalom revived. His sin was overlooked, and his return ardently longed for; though how to restore him, in opposition to honour and justice, David hardly knew. Note; <\/em>(1.) It is a mercy that time blunts the edge of sorrow, else all our days would be embittered with mourning. (2.) The greatest provocations cannot extinguish parental affection. <\/p>\n 2Sa 13:37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.<\/p>\n Ver. 37. And went to Talmai.<\/strong> ] His grandfather by the mother’s side, to whom he was the welcomer, because he had slain Amnon, who had deflowered his niece Tamar.<\/p>\n Ammihud, or Ammihur. <\/p>\n David. Septuagint reads “David the king”. <\/p>\n But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai 1Sa 27:8. David, in the years of his wanderings, made a savage raid upon Geshur, and evidently bore away Maacah, daughter of the king of Geshur. Of her was born Absalom, and in him was her wild Bedouin blood, and the blood of a father who had been the reckless chief of a handful of desperate men.; 2Sa 3:3; 2Sa 23:8-39 and whom only the divine love could tame. 2Sa 22:36. In Absalom David reaped from his own sowing. <\/p>\n Absalom fled: As Absalom had committed wilful murder, he could not avail himself of a city of refuge; but went to Talmai, king of Geshur, his maternal grandfather. <\/p>\n Talmai: 2Sa 3:3, 1Ch 3:2 <\/p>\n Ammihud: or, Ammihur <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Deu 3:14 – Geshuri Jos 12:5 – unto the Jos 13:2 – Geshuri Jos 13:13 – expelled 1Sa 27:8 – the Geshurites 2Sa 14:13 – in that the king 2Sa 14:23 – Geshur 2Sa 15:8 – Geshur<\/p>\n 2Sa 13:37. David mourned for his son every day Either for the murder of Amnon, or for Absalom, who was lost as to any comfort he could have from him. Thus did God, by withdrawing his restraining grace from Amnon, and leaving him a prey to his own passions, raise up evil to David out of his own house; a daughter ravished by her own brother; that brother murdered by another brother; and that other in exile on that account; and soon to perish by a fate yet more deplorable, had it not been more deserved! And now began another and more dreadful prophecy of Nathan to be fulfilled upon David, before his eyes: the sword was now first brought in upon his house, attended with this dreadful assurance of never departing from it. Delaney.<\/p>\n 13:37 But Absalom fled, and went to {p} Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.<\/p>\n (p) For Maachah his mother was the daughter of this Talmai, 2Sa 3:3.<\/p>\n But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day. 37. But Absalom fled, &c.] Now Absalom had fled and gone to Talmai. The narrative goes back to 2Sa 13:34. Talmai was Absalom’s grandfather. See note on ch. 2Sa 3:3. 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