2 Samuel 13:29

²⁷ But Absalom urged him, so the king sent Amnon and the rest of his sons.

²⁸ Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”

So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.

³⁰ While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”

³¹ Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.
KJV: And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
WEB: The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man got up on his mule and fled.
ASV: And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king`s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
DARBY: And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and they rode each upon his mule and fled.
BLB: And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded, and all the sons of the king arose, and they rode each one on his mule, and they fled.

ÅB: Og Absaloms tjenere gjorde med Amnon som Absalom hadde befalt. Da sto alle kongesønnene opp og satte seg på hver sitt muldyr og flyktet.
OTB: Og Absaloms tjenere handlet etter hans befaling angående Amnon. Da reiste alle kongens sønner seg og hver satte seg på sin muldyr og flyktet.
B1930: Og Absaloms tjenere gjorde med Amnon som Absalom hadde befalt. Da stod alle kongesønnene op og satte sig på hver sitt muldyr og flyktet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Kings 1:33
“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
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2 Samuel 18:9
Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
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Genesis 36:24
These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)
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Leviticus 19:19
You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
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Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
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2 Kings 1:9–12
Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
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Micah 7:3
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
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1 Kings 21:11–13
So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
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