2 Samuel 13:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

A friend

Proverbs 19:6

Shimeah

2 Samuel 13:32

1 Samuel 16:9

Subtil man

James 3:15

Bible References

A friend

And it came about at that time, that Judah departed from his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

But Samson’s wife was given to his companion who had been his friend.

Haman controlled himself, however, went to his house and sent for his friends and his wife Zeresh.

Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish origin, you will not overcome him, but will surely fall before him.”

Many will seek the favor of a generous man,

And every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

Shimeah

Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, responded, “Do not let my lord suppose they have put to death all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon alone is dead; because by the intent of Absalom this has been determined since the day that he violated his sister Tamar.

Next Jesse made

Shammah pass by. And he said, “The Lord has not chosen this one either.”

Subtil man

So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days;

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”

“For My people are foolish,
They know Me not;
They are stupid children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd to do evil,
But to do good they do not know.”

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”;

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly,

natural, demonic.