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2 Samuel 13 — Sermon Preparation
David's son Amnon rapes his half-sister Tamar; two years later, Absalom takes revenge by having Amnon killed at a sheep-shearing feast. Below is a research summary for 2 Samuel 13, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 39
- verses
- 648 / 179
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
2 Samuel 13 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַמְנוֹן | ʼAmnôwn | H550 | 25 | Amnon |
| אֲבִישָׁלוֹם | ʼĂbîyshâlôwm | H53 | 21 | Abshalom |
| תָּמָר | Tâmâr | H8559 | 13 | Tamar |
| אָח | ʼâch | H251 | 12 | brother |
| אָחוֹת | ʼâchôwth | H269 | 9 | sister |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 12 | walk, carry |
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 8 | David |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 2 Samuel 13, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“From henceforward David was followed with one trouble after another. Adultery and murder were David's sins, the like sins among his children were the beginnings of his punishment: he was too indulgent to his children. Thus David might trace the sins of his children to his own misconduct, which must have made the anguish of the chastisement worse. Let no one ever expect good treatment from those who are capable of attempting their seduction; but it is better to suffer the greatest wrong than to commit the least sin.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Samuel 13:1–20 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Baal-hazor— 2 Sam 13:23
- Ephraim 1— 2 Sam 13:23
- Jerusalem— 2 Sam 13:30
- Horonaim 2— 2 Sam 13:34
- Geshur— 2 Sam 13:37
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