2 Samuel 14:27

2Sa 14:27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

Ver. 27. And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter.] This was but luctuosa faecunditas; for they all died before their father, {2Sa 18:18} wherein God made way for Solomon’s more peaceable enjoyment of the crown after David’s decease.

Whose name was Tamar.] After the name of her fair aunt deflowered by Amnon.

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.

14:27 Absalom’s three sons apparently died before he did (see 18:18). • Absalom named his daughter Tamar after his sister, and she too was very beautiful (13:1).

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Verse 27. Unto Absalom there were born] These children did not survive him; see 2Sa 18:18.

Tamar] The Septuagint adds, And she became the wife of Roboam, the son of Solomon, and bare to him Abia; see Mt 1:7. Josephus says the same. This addition is not found in the other versions.

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(27) Three sons.—Their names are not given, from which it might be supposed that they died in infancy, and this is made sure by 2Sa_18:18, where Absalom is reported as saying, “I have no son to keep my name in remembrance.”

One daughter.—This daughter bore the name of Absalom’s sister, Tamar, and shared her beauty. The LXX. here inserts the statement that she “became the wife of Roboam, the son of Solomon, and bore him a son, Abia.” But this is evidently a confused gloss, founded upon 1Ki_15:2; 2Ch_11:20-22. We are there told that Rehoboam’s favourite wife was Maachah, the daughter of Absalom, and mother of Abijah; but this must mean that Maachah was his granddaughter through Tamar, since in 2Ch_13:2 Abijah is called the son of Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel. Tamar then married Uriel, and her daughter became the mother of a line of kings.

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27. three sons] Who are not named, because none of them lived to grow up. See ch. 2Sa_18:18.

Tamar] Who inherited the beauty as well as the name of her aunt. The Sept. adds, “and she became the wife of Roboam the son of Solomon, and bare him Abia.” This however does not agree with the books of Kings and Chronicles. From 1Ki_15:2 we learn that Maachah the daughter of Abishalom was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijam: from 2Ch_13:2 that Abijah’s mother’s name was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (cp. 2Ch_11:20-22). The natural inference is that Michaiah is an alternative name or a textual error for Maachah, and that Maachah was the daughter or Uriel and Tamar, and granddaughter of Absalom, named after her great-grandmother.

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And unto Absalom there were born three sons,.... Who very probably died young; and the rather it may be thought so, since their names are not given, and more especially since it is said that Absalom had no sons, and therefore erected a pillar to keep up the remembrance of his name; unless it can be thought that that was set up before he had any sons, which is not so likely; see Sa2 18:18,

and one daughter, whose name was Tamar; and whom he named after his sister Tamar, who was ravished by Amnon; the Septuagint version in some copies adds,"and she became the wife of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, and bore to him Abia;''and so says Josephus (b); see Kg1 15:22,

she was a woman of a fair countenance; as was her aunt, after whom she was named, Sa2 13:1; by this it appears that she lived to a woman's estate, though the sons of Absalom died young.

(b) Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 8. sect. 5.)

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Three sons - These probably died in infancy (see the marginal reference). From Tamar must have been born Maachah, the mother of Abijah, and the favorite wife of Rehoboam 1Ki 15:2; 2Ch 11:20-22.

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

Sons, who all died before their father, chap. xviii. 18. --- Thamar, in memory of his sister; (Abulensis) or this Thamar received the name from her aunt, who resided with Absalom. (Menochius) --- Some Greek and Latin copies add, that she was married to Roboam, the son of Solomon, by whom he had Abias. But this addition is of no authority, and can hardly be reconciled with chronology. We read that Roboam espoused Maaca, the daughter of Absalom; (2 Paralipomenon xi. 20.) but she might be only his grand-daughter, by Thamar. (Calmet) --- Josephus had adopted this addition. (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).

Three sons; all which died not long after they were born, as may be gathered from 2Sa 18:18, where it is said that Absalom had no son. Tamar; so called from her aunt, 2Sa 13:1.

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

27. Whose name was Tamar — After her aunt. 2Sa_13:1. Why are not his son’s names given? Probably because they died in infancy, and so he erected a pillar to perpetuate his name. 2Sa_18:18.

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

Three sons. Their names are not given, because they died early. (see 2Sa_18:18) Of his daughter Tamar, named after her aunt, and, like her, possessed of great beauty, the Septuagint adds that she became the wife of Rehoboam, and mother of Abijah. In 1Ki_15:2 we are told that Abijah"s mother was "Maachah the daughter of Abishalom;" and in 2Ch_13:2 that her name was "Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah." We thus gather that Tamar married Uriel, and that it was the granddaughter of Absalom who became Rehoboam"s queen. It is strictly in accordance with Hebrew custom to call Absalom"s granddaughter his daughter, and, as Uriel was a man of no political importance, he is passed over, as the narrator"s object was to show that Abijah"s mother was sprung from the handsome and notorious son of David. (see also 2Ch_11:20, 2Ch_11:21)

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Sons - All which died not long after they were born, as may be gathered from chap. xviii, 18, where it is said, that Absalom had no son.

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sons

(See Scofield "2Sa 18:18").

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