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But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king`s sons go with him.
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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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19th Century
Anglican
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But Absalom pressed him Which one would think would have increased his suspicion, if he had any, or have raised it i…
Presbyterian
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…
