2 Samuel 13 · Verse 3

2 Samuel 13:3

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
2 Samuel 13:3, King James Version

2 Samuel 13:3 in other translations

BSBNow Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
WEBBut Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.
ASVBut Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtle man.
YLTAnd Amnon hath a friend, and his name is Jonadab, son of Shimeah, David's brother, and Jonadab is a very wise man,
DARBYAnd Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd man.
BBEBut Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother: and Jonadab was a very wise man.
WebsterBut Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

What does 2 Samuel 13:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. Jonadab, the son of Shimeah--or Shammah (1Sa 16:9). By the counsel and contrivance of this scheming cousin a plan was devised for obtaining an unrestricted interview with the object of his attachment.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Jonadab was a very subtle man - And most diabolic advice did he give to his cousin. We talk of the simplicity and excellence of primitive times! "Say not thou what is the cause that the former days were better than these." Take them altogether, we may thank God that they are past, and pray him that they may never return.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:1-20

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…

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2 Samuel 13:3 in the original Hebrew

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וּלְאַמְנ֣וֹןu.le.'am.Nonand [belonged] to AmnonH550
רֵ֗עַRe.a'a friendH7453
וּשְׁמוֹ֙u.she.Moand name hisH8034
יֽוֹנָדָ֔בyo.na.Dav[was] JonadabH3122
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
שִׁמְעָ֖הshim.'AhShimeahH8093
אֲחִ֣י'a.Chi[the] brother ofH251
דָוִ֑דda.VidDavidH1732
וְי֣וֹנָדָ֔בve.Yo.na.Davand JonadabH3122
אִ֥ישׁ'ish[was] a manH376
חָכָ֖םcha.KhamshrewdH2450
מְאֹֽד\׃me.'OdveryH3966

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 13:3

  • 1 Samuel 16:9

    Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:19

    For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

  • Esther 5:14

    Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

  • Esther 6:13

    And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

  • Genesis 38:20

    And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

  • 2 Samuel 14:2

    And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

  • James 3:15

    This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

  • Genesis 38:1

    And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

  • 2 Samuel 13:32

    And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

  • Jeremiah 4:22

    For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  • Proverbs 19:6

    Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

  • Esther 5:10

    Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a friend.
Ge 38:1,20; Jud 14:20; Es 5:10,14; 6:13; Pr 19:6
Shimeah.
32; 1Sa 16:9
Shimeah. subtil man.
14:2,19,20; Ge 3:1; Jer 4:22; 1Co 3:19; Jas 3:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Samuel 13:2

    And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.

  • 2 Samuel 13:3

    But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

  • 2 Samuel 13:4

    And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.

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2 Samuel 13:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Amnón tenía un amigo que se llamaba Jonadab, hijo de Simea, hermano de David: y era Jonadab hombre muy astuto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Amnon avait un ami, nommé Jonadab, fils de Shimha, frère de David; et Jonadab était un homme très habile.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Amnon hatte einen Freund, sein Name war Jonadab, der Sohn Schimeas, des Bruders Davids; und Jonadab war ein sehr kluger Mann.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Erat autem Amnon amicus nomine Jonadab, filius Semmaa fratris David, vir prudens valde.