32 And Jonadab the son of Shimeah David’s brother answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the King’s sons: for Amnon only is dead, [a]because Absalom had reported so, since he forced his sister Tamar.

33 Now therefore let not my lord the King [b]take the thing so grievously; to think that all the King’s sons are dead: [c]for Amnon only is dead.

34 ¶ Then Absalom fled: and the young man that kept the watch, lift up his eyes, and looked, and behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side [d]behind him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 13:32 Hebrew, because it was put in Absalom’s mouth.
  2. 2 Samuel 13:33 Or, take it to heart.
  3. 2 Samuel 13:33 Or, but.
  4. 2 Samuel 13:34 Or, one after another.

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