38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
38 After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
38 So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
38 He was there three years.
38 So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
38 He stayed there in Geshur for three years.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:38
Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:30-39
(Read 2 Samuel 13:30-39)
Jonadab was as guilty of Ammon's death, as of his sin; such false friends do they prove, who counsel us to do wickedly. Instead of loathing Absalom as a murderer, David, after a time, longed to go forth to him. This was David's infirmity: God saw something in his heart that made a difference, else we should have thought that he, as much as Eli, honoured his sons more than God.