2 Samuel 13 · Verse 38

2 Samuel 13:38

So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
2 Samuel 13:38, King James Version

2 Samuel 13:38 in other translations

BSBAfter Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
WEBSo Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
ASVSo Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
YLTAnd Absalom hath fled, and goeth to Geshur, and is there three years;
DARBYNow Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
BBEAnd the king was sorrowing for his son all the time.
WebsterSo Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

What does 2 Samuel 13:38 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:30-39

Jonadab was as guilty of Ammon's death, as of his sin; such false friends do they prove, who counsel us to do wickedly. Instead of loathing Absalom as a murderer, David, after a time, longed to go forth to him. This was David's infirmity: God saw something in his heart that made a difference, else we should have thought that he, as much as Eli, honoured his sons more than God.

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2 Samuel 13:38 in the original Hebrew

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וְאַבְשָׁל֥וֹםve.'av.sha.Lomand AbsalomH53
בָּרַ֖חba.Rachhe fledH1272
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
גְּשׁ֑וּרge.ShurGeshurH1650
וַיְהִי\־vay.hi-and he wasH1961
שָׁ֖םshamthereH8033
שָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshthreeH7969
שָׁנִֽים\׃sha.NimyearsH8141

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

Cross references for 2 Samuel 13:38

  • 2 Samuel 14:23

    So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Samuel 15:8

    For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.

  • 2 Samuel 14:32

    And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 2974-2977. B.C. 1030-1027. An. Ex. Is. 461-464.Geshur. This was not the Geshur lying between Philistia and Egypt, (Jos 13:13. 1 Sa 27:8,) but another in Syria; probably the same as that beyond Jordan, whose inhabitants are joined with those of Maachathi, De 3:14. Jos 12:5.
14:23,32; 15:8

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 13:37

    But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

  • 2 Samuel 13:38

    So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

  • 2 Samuel 13:39

    And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

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2 Samuel 13:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y después que Absalom huyó y se fué á Gessur, estuvo allá tres años.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ainsi Absalom s’enfuit, et il vint à Gueshur et fut là trois ans;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Absalom aber entfloh und ging nach Gesur; und er war daselbst drei Jahre.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Absalom autem cum fugisset, et venisset in Gessur, fuit ibi tribus annis.