Verse Lens · Context pointer
2 Samuel 13:36 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 36. 36And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
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Role in This Section
2 Samuel 13:36 contributes this particular line to the movement: “And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the…”.
Read It With
- 2 Samuel 13:30–39
Read 2 Samuel 13:36 with 13:30–39. 2 Samuel 13:36 advances “False News, Grief, and Absalom's Exile” through the concrete textual step “And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: An exaggerated report reaches David, Jonadab supplies the planned account, the sons return, and Absalom remains with Talmai while David grieves and longs.
Why It Needs Context
2 Samuel 13:36 depends on 13:30–39; isolating “And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, or transition from “False News, Grief, and Absalom's Exile.”
Continue in Context
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Read 2 Samuel 13:30–39 — False News, Grief, and Absalom's ExileSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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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.
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Exact location: 2 Samuel 13:30-39, 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, 13:30-39
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