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God's Judgment at Work
Commentators suggest David's surprising lack of suspicion was not mere foolishness. One scholar posits that David's mind was providentially "blinded" so that God's prophesied judgment against his house for the sin with Bathsheba could be fulfilled. This shows how God can work even through human weakness and sin to accomplish His sovereign will.
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2 Samuel
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Charles Ellicott
On 2 Samuel 13:27
19th Century
Bishop
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…
John Gill
On 2 Samuel 13:27
17th Century
Pastor
But Absalom pressed him
Which one would think would have increased his suspicion, if he had any, or have raised it i…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Samuel 13:21–29
17th Century
Minister
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.
Servants…