Verse Lens · Concise explanation
2 Samuel 13:29 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 29. 29And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
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Quick Meaning
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Absalom Arranges Amnon's Killing.”
Two years later, a feast becomes the weapon
This verse is one part of that explanation in 2 Samuel 13:23–29. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 2 Samuel 13:23–29
Read 2 Samuel 13:29 with 13:23–29. The wording “And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose…” supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: After two years Absalom uses a feast and servants to kill Amnon while David's sons flee.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Absalom Arranges Amnon's Killing,” 2 Samuel 13:29 closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition through the wording “And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 2 Samuel 13:15–22 establishes this prior movement: Amnon's hatred intensifies, he expels Tamar, she publicly mourns, Absalom tells her to be quiet, and David is angry without reported justice. 2 Samuel 13:23–29 escalates the unresolved danger and its human cost; that demonstrated relationship, rather than sequence alone, explains its placement.
What Remains True
Power remains accountable for the people it exposes, takes, silences, injures, or kills; truthful memory keeps their bodies, testimony, agency, and cost visible. In this unit, that truth is tested by the concrete movement: After two years Absalom uses a feast and servants to kill Amnon while David's sons flee. In 2 Samuel 13:29, the concrete line “And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 2 Samuel 13:23–29 — Absalom Arranges Amnon's KillingSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 2 Samuel 13:23-29, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Samuel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, repeated verbs, names, syntax, and the base text behind translation and textual discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Sam.xml, 13:23-29
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 2 Samuel with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Unit-bounded wording, older-English clarification, textual witnesses, syntax, names, numbers, and major historical or literary notes actually printed for these verses.
Exact location: NET Bible 2 Samuel PDF, printed pp. 560–561, translation and all translator notes attached to 13:23-29
Open source ↗