2 Samuel 13:36

Translations

Modern

And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.

Traditional

And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

Literal

And it came to pass, as he finished speaking, that indeed the sons of the king came, and they lifted up their voices and wept, and the king and all his servants wept, weeping very bitterly.

Latin

Cumque cessasset loqui, apparuerunt et filii regis: et intrantes levaverunt vocem suam, et fleverunt: sed et rex et omnes servi ejus fleverunt ploratu magno nimis.

Original

Hebrew

English

And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.

Notes

2 Samuel 13:34–39

Absalom was now a fugitive. He sought refuge among his mother’s family.

Theme notes and profiles

Absalom David Family, Community, and Sexual Sin

Events

Reign of Davidc. 1055 BC

Related verses

2 Samuel 18:33
The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
2 Samuel 12:21
“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
2 Samuel 13:15
Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”

Glossary

Absalom David Kings, Books of First and Second Nathan Samuel, Books of First and Second Shammah Tamar (Person)

Topics

Fugitives: Absalom Weeping of David

2 Samuel 13:36

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