2Sa 13:26 | JFB | STEP | 23-27. Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim —A sheep-shearing feast is a grand occasion in the East. Absalom proposed to give such an entertainment at his estate in Baal-hazor, about eight miles northeast of Jerusalem near a town called Ephraim ( ). He first invited the king and his court; but the king declining, on account of the heavy expense to which the reception of royalty would subject him [ ], Absalom then limited the invitation to the king's sons [ ], which David the more readily agreed to, in the hope that it might tend to the promotion of brotherly harmony and union. . AMNON IS SLAIN.

2 Samuel 13:26

23-27. Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim—A sheep-shearing feast is a grand occasion in the East. Absalom proposed to give such an entertainment at his estate in Baal-hazor, about eight miles northeast of Jerusalem near a town called Ephraim (Jos 11:10). He first invited the king and his court; but the king declining, on account of the heavy expense to which the reception of royalty would subject him [2Sa 13:25], Absalom then limited the invitation to the king's sons [2Sa 13:26], which David the more readily agreed to, in the hope that it might tend to the promotion of brotherly harmony and union.

2Sa 13:28-36. AMNON IS SLAIN.