2 Kings 13:38
And Absalom after he was fled, and come into Gessur, was there three years. And king David ceased to pursue after Absalom, because he was comforted concerning the death of Amnon.
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- Vulgate (Clementine) shown from 2 Kings 13:38, 13:39
- Absalom autem cum fugisset, et venisset in Gessur, fuit ibi tribus annis. Cessavitque rex David persequi Absalom, eo quod consolatus esset super Amnon interitu.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from 2 Kings 13:38, 13:39
- Καὶ Ἀβεσσαλὼμ ἀπέδρα καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς Γεδσούρ, καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἔτη τρία. καὶ ἐκόπασεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαυεὶδ τοῦ ἐξελθεῖν πρὸς Ἀβεσσαλώμ, ὅτι παρεκλήθη ἐπὶ Ἀμνὼν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from 2 Kings 13:38, 13:39
- וְאַבְשָׁל֥וֹם בָּרַ֖ח וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּר וַיְהִי שָׁ֖ם שָׁלֹ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים וַתְּכַל֙ דָּוִ֣ד הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לָצֵ֖את אֶל אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם כִּֽי נִחַ֥ם עַל אַמְנ֖וֹן כִּֽי מֵֽת
Haydock's commentary
Ceased. We do not read that he had pursued Absalom before. (Calmet)
Now he laid aside all thoughts of punishing him, as he began even to desire to see him again, when he reflected that Amnon had deserved death. (Haydock)
Hebrew also, "he burnt with a secret desire to receive Absalom," chap. xiv. 1. (Jonathan; Vatable, &c.) (Calmet)
Protestants, "the soul of king David longed to go forth unto," &c. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.