2 Samuel 13:32 (KJV)

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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

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Cross-references

Jonadab. 2Sa 13:3-5

Shimeah. 1Sa 16:9

appointment. Heb. mouth. determined. or, settled. Ge 27:41 Ps 7:14 Pr 24:11 Pr 24:12

Shammah. David's brother.This was a very bad man: he had given his cousin Amnon the most detestable advice; and here speaks coolly of a most bloody tragedy of which he had been the cause.

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