2 Samuel 13:26

“If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

KJV · King James Version

Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”

WEB · World English Bible

Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

let my brother: He urged this with the more plausibility because Amnon was the first-born, and presumptive heir to the crown; and he had dissembled his resentment so long and so well that he was not suspected.; 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 11:13–15; 2 Samuel 20:9; Psalm 55:21