No, my lord the king, your sons aren’t all dead! It was only Amnon.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Now therefore don’t let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead; for only Amnon is dead.”
- KJV Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
- BSB So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
- NKJV Now therefore, let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead. For only Amnon is dead.”
- NASB So now, may my lord the king not take the report to heart, claiming, ‘all the king’s sons are dead’; but only Amnon is dead.”
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Quick answer
Jonadab again urges the king not to believe that all his sons are dead, but only Amnon. He seeks to comfort David with the limited, though still grievous, truth.
Overview
Jonadab repeats his assurance to settle David's heart amid the false report. While the news that only Amnon died is a relief, it remains a devastating loss of the firstborn. The repeated counsel prepares David and the reader for the imminent arrival of the surviving sons.
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- 2 Sam 19:19He said to the king, “Don’t let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
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