And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
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Interpretation
From henceforward David was followed with one trouble after another. Adultery and murder were David's sins, the like sins among his children were the beginnings of his punishment: he was too indulgent to his children.
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This thought runs through 2 Samuel 13:1-5.
Glossary
- Jonadab Person
- =Jehon’adab. (1. ) The son of Rechab, and founder of the Rechabites (q. v. ), 2 Kings 10:15 ; Jer. 35:6 , 10. (2. ) The son of Shimeah, David’s brother ( 2 Sam. 13:3 ). He was “a very subtil man. ”.