2 Samuel 13:23
“And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And it came to pass after two full years,.... Two complete years after the rape was committed; so long Absalom kept it…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Sheepshearing was always a time of feasting (marginal references). Baal-hazor is not known.
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Absalom had sheep-shearers - These were times in which feasts were made, to which the neighbors and relatives of the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Samuel 13:21-29
What Solomon says of the beginning of strife is as true of the beginning of all sin, it is as the letting forth of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–19212 Samuel 13:23-29
Absalom's vengeance
23. Absalom had sheepshearers Sheepshearing was and still is an occasion of festivity. Cp. 1Sa 25:7…
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