2 Samuel 13:18

2Sa 13:18 And [she had] a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king’s daughters [that were] virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

Ver. 18. A garment of divers colours.] Wrought or embroidered.

For with such robes were the king’s daughters, &c.] So are all God’s children apparelled with the vestis variegata of saving graces {Col 3:12 1Pe 5:5} which maketh them amiable and admirable in the sight of God and all good people.

Then his servant brought her out, &c.] Evil masters are not without evil servants, ready to humour them in anything they command.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

2Sa 13:18. She had a garment of divers colours — Of embroidered work. His servant brought her out, &c. — A high contempt of a king’s daughter. But the servant’s dependance on his master overruled all respect due to her. “Tamar thus treated,” says Delaney, “not parted with as an innocent woman, cruelly injured, but thrust out as a prostitute that had seduced to sin, is the strongest image of innocence, barbarously abused, and insufferably insulted, that history affords us; the greatest injury loaded with the greatest indignities! contumely added to cruelty!”

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

13:18 a long, beautiful robe: The same phrase is used to describe Joseph’s robe in Gen 37:3.

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

For that which was of divers colors or pieces, in those days was had in great estimation, Gen. 37:3; Judg. 5:30.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

garment of divers colours--As embroidery in ancient times was the occupation or pastime of ladies of the highest rank, the possession of these parti-colored garments was a mark of distinction; they were worn exclusively by young women of royal condition. Since the art of manufacturing cloth stuffs has made so great progress, dresses of this variegated description are now more common in the East.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Verse 18. A garment of divers colours] See Clarke on Ge 37:3, where the same words occur.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

(18) A garment of divers colours.—The word is used only here and in connection with Joseph (Gen_37:3; Gen_37:23; Gen_37:32), and is supposed to mean a tunic with long sleeves, in distinction from those with short sleeves commonly worn. The fact is mentioned to show that Tamar must have been recognised as a royal virgin by Amnon’s servant, as well as by everyone else.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

18. a garment of divers colours] The expression is used elsewhere only of Joseph’s “coat of many colours” (Gen_37:3; Gen_37:23), and probably means a long tunic with sleeves, worn, it would seem, as an outer garment in place of the usual mantle. The fact of her wearing this distinctive dress is mentioned, to shew that the servant and the people who met her in the street would at once recognise who she was.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And she had a garment of divers colours upon her,.... Of embroidered work, which made her the more observable, and her shame the more manifest. Whether this was interwoven with threads of various colours, or embroidered with figures of flowers, animals, &c. and wrought with the needle, or was painted with different colours, or made up of pieces of various colours, is not certain. See Gill on Gen 37:3; but according to Braunius (c) it was neither, and so the coat of Joseph, but was a garment with sleeves, reaching down to the ankles, and pieced at the borders with fringe; and, indeed, garments of flowers and various colours were such as in other nations, as in Athens, harlots wore (d) and not virgins, as follows:

for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled; which they wore to distinguish them both from common people, and from married persons of the same quality:

then the servants brought her out, and bolted the door after her; laid hold on her, and brought her out by main force; thrust her out of doors, and turned the key upon her.

(c) De Vest. Sacerdot. Heb. l. 1. c. 17. sect. 21. (d) Suidas in voce

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

A garment of divers colors - See Gen 37:3. Some prefer here (and there) “a tunic with sleeves,” a tunic reaching to the extremities, i. e. the hands and feet, and worn over the common tunic, in room of a robe.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Robe. Hebrew passim; long and variegated, like Joseph’s, Genesis xxxvii. 3. The Septuagint call it, Greek: karpotos, to insinuate that it was "adorned with fruits," &c. (Haydock)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Of divers colours; of embroidered work. Compare Gen 37:3.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

18. A garment of divers colours — A loose outer garment reaching down to the ankles and covering the arms, for such the original word, פסים, seems to indicate; and Josephus says, “The virgins of old time wore such loose coats tied at the hands, and let down to the ankles, that the inner coats might not be seen.” But even this robe of royalty protected her not from shameful abuse.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

A garment of divers colours. This was probably a long tunic with sleeves, so woven as for the colours to form patterns like those of the Scottish tartans. (see on Gen_37:3) The next sentence is probably a note, which has crept from the margin into the text, and which literally is, "For so king"s daughters, while unmarried, wore over mantles". (me"ils; see note on 1Sa_2:19) Both the Authorized Version and the Revised Version so render as if the coloured chetoneth and the me"il were the same; but the meaning of the note rather is to guard against the supposition that the princess, while wearing the close-fitting long tunic with sleeves, had dispensed with the comely mantle. It is, indeed, possible that, while busy in cooking, she had laid the me"il by, and now rushed away without it. But it was the tunic with its bright colours which made both Amnon"s servitor and also the people aware that she was one of the king"s daughters.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Garment - Of embroidered work.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

bolted the door after her

This means to lock the door so that she will not be able to come back in again. AT: "locked the door so that she could not go back in" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)

put ashes on her head and tore her robe. She put her hands on her head

These are acts of mourning and grief in the Israelite culture. AT: "put ashes on her head and tore her robe to show that she was very sad. Then to show her grief, she put her hands on her head" (See: Symbolic Action)

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