13:9 And she took a pan, and {e} poured [them] out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from {f} me. And they went out every man from him.
(e) That is, she served them on a dish.
(f) For the wicked are ashamed to do that before men, which they are not afraid to commit in the sight of God.
13:9 Out - Out of the frying - pan into the dish.
13:1-20 From henceforward David was followed with one trouble after another. Adultery and murder were David's sins, the like sins among his children were the beginnings of his punishment: he was too indulgent to his children. Thus David might trace the sins of his children to his own misconduct, which must have made the anguish of the chastisement worse. Let no one ever expect good treatment from those who are capable of attempting their seduction; but it is better to suffer the greatest wrong than to commit the least sin.
