So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”
Here is, I. The fright that David was put into by a false report brought to Jerusalem that Absalom had slain all the king's sons, Sa2 13:30. It is common for fame to make bad worse; and the first news of such a thing as this represents it as more dreadful than afterwards it proves.
Commenting on 2 Samuel 13:30-39
And Jonadab said to the king, behold, the king's sons come,.... For as they came nearer, it was plainly discovered that they were the king's sons, seen on the side of the hill: as thy servant said, so it is; he seems to applaud himself, and exult at his penetration and foresight.
And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is. (o) That only Amnon is dead.