2 Samuel 13:21 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

6 And Absalom said: If thou wilt not come, at least let my brother Amnon, I beseech thee, come with us. And the king said to him: It is not necessary that he should go with thee.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But when King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.

American Standard Version (1901)

But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.

Common English Bible

When King David heard about all this he got very angry, but he refused to punish his son Amnon because he loved him as his oldest child.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when king David had heard about these things, he was deeply grieved. But he was not willing to afflict the spirit of his son Amnon. For he loved him, since he was his firstborn.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when king David heard of these things he was exceedingly grieved: and he would not afflict the spirit of his son Amnon, for he loved him, because he was his firstborn.

2 Samuel 13:21 Cross References

Genesis 34:7

And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:

Genesis 35:22

3 The sons of Lia: Ruben the firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zebulon.

2 Samuel 12:10

5 And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of.

2 Samuel 12:5

0 Therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Urias the Hethite to be thy wife.

2 Samuel 13:20

5 And the king said to Absalom: Nay, my son, do not ask that we should all come, and be chargeable to thee. And when he pressed him, and he would not go, he blessed him.

2 Samuel 13:22

7 But Absalom pressed him, so that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. And Absalom made a feast as it were the feast of a king.

Psalm 101:8

I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.

1 Samuel 2:29

4 And this shall be a sign to thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees: In one day they shall both of them die.