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Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered, “Don’t let my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
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Verse 32. Mouth. Chal. Syr. “heart.” Aquila, “because Absalom was in wrath against him.” He had resolved upon his destruction. Calmet.—Perhaps he had expressed his intention to some of the court; and this Jonadab (by whose means the crime had been committed, verse 5) had heard of it. Bible.
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