Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

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

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

So Absalom fled,.... This is the third time it is mentioned, and the reason of it here Abarbinel thinks is, that when he first fled to his grandfather, he used to stand openly in the court of his palace, and go with him wherever he went from place to place; but when he understood that his father mourned so for the death of Amnon, he...

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran @keilanddelitzsch

2Sa 13:37-38 “Only Absalom had fled and gone to Talmai the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur.” These words form a circumstantial clause, which the writer has inserted as a parenthesis, to define the expression “the king’s sons” more particularly.

Commenting on 2 Samuel 13:37-38