2 Samuel 13:22

22 Absalão, porém, não falou com Amnom, nem mal nem bem, porque odiava a Amnom por ter ele forçado a Tamar, sua irmã.

2 Samuel 13:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad,
&c.] 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 all; for then Amnon would have mistrusted that he was meditating revenge, and therefore would have been upon his guard; but on the contrary he talked freely, and in appearance friendly, on other things, the better to conceal his hatred of him, and his design to avenge the injury of his sister:

for Absalom hated Amnon;
or, "though" ^F6 he hated him, yet he behaved in this manner towards him:

because he had forced his sister Tamar:
who was so by father and mother's side, and so near and dear unto him, and therefore resented the injury done her.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (yk) , "quamvis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Pool, & Patrick.

2 Samuel 13:22 In-Context

20 Mas Absalão, seu irmão, lhe perguntou: Esteve Amnom, teu irmão, contigo? Ora pois, minha irmã, cala-te; é teu irmão. Não se angustie o seu coração por isto. Assim ficou Tamar, desolada, em casa de Absalão, seu irmão.

21 Quando o rei Davi ouviu todas estas coisas, muito se lhe acendeu a ira.

22 Absalão, porém, não falou com Amnom, nem mal nem bem, porque odiava a Amnom por ter ele forçado a Tamar, sua irmã.

23 Decorridos dois anos inteiros, tendo Absalão tosquiadores em Baal-Hazor, que está junto a Efraim, convidou todos os filhos do rei.

24 Foi, pois, Absalão ter com o rei, e disse: Eis que agora o teu servo faz a tosquia. Peço que o rei e os seus servos venham com o teu servo.