He let Amnon go. —The Septuagint adds at the end of this verse an explanatory gloss, And Absalom made a feast like the feast of a king…

But Absalom pressed him
Which one would think would have increased his suspicion, if he had any, or have raised it i…

Observe the aggravations of Absalom's sin: he had Ammon killed when he was least fit to die. He involved his servants in the guilt.