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2 Samuel 13 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Matthew Henry 4 John Wesley 1

“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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