2Sa 13:20 | TNotes | STEP | 13:20 keep quiet for now ... Don’t you worry about it: Absalom’s words of comfort seem hollow in light of her disgrace and mourning; this toned-down response hid Absalom’s rage (13:22 ) from the already distraught Tamar. • as a desolate woman: See study note on 13:16.

‏ 2 Samuel 13:20

13:20 ^a keep quiet for now ... Don’t you worry about it: Absalom’s words of comfort seem hollow in light of her disgrace and mourning; this toned-down response hid Absalom’s rage (13:22 ^b) from the already distraught Tamar.

• as a desolate woman: See study note on 13:16.