Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 13:23

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23-27. Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim —A sheep-shearing feast is a grand occasion in the East. Absalom proposed to give such an entertainment at his estate in Baal-hazor, about eight miles northeast of Jerusalem near a town called Ephraim ( :- ). He first invited the king and his court; but the king declining, on account of the heavy expense to which the reception of royalty would subject him [ :- ], Absalom then limited the invitation to the king's sons [ 2 Samuel 13:26 ], which David the more readily agreed to, in the hope that it might tend to the promotion of brotherly harmony and union. 2 Samuel 13:26- : . AMNON IS SLAIN. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-28" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-2sa-13-005

절 (explains)

bible-text/2sa-13-23

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological