2 Samuel 13:22
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad,.... That is, said nothing at all to him about the rape of his sister; not that he was sulky with him, and would not converse with him at…
What Solomon says of the beginning of strife is as true of the beginning of all sin, it is as the letting forth of water; when once the flood-gates are plucked up, an inundation follows; one mischief…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
neither good nor bad He made no allusion whatever to the matter, in order to quiet Amnon's suspicions. For the phrase cp. Gen 24:50; Gen 31:24.
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