2 Samuel 13:33

Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart,.... Neither suppose it, nor be troubled for it:

to think that all the king's sons are dead: which was not to be thought, nor could…

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…

The news brought to David. Absalom's flight

31. tare his garments Rent his clothes. The E. V. has introduced a distinction which does not exist in the Hebrew. Cp. ch. 2Sa 1:11.

lay on the earth Cp.…