2 Samuel 13:38
38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
Other Translations of 2 Samuel 13:38
New International Version
38 After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
English Standard Version
38 So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
The Message
38 He was there three years.
New King James Version
38 So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
New Living Translation
38 He stayed there in Geshur for three years.
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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.