2 Samuel 13:39
39 The king finally gave up trying to get back at Absalom. He had come to terms with Amnon's death.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:39
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.