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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 13:13 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Sa 13:13 |
King James |
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
My shame - Better, "my reproach." Compare Gen 30:23; Gen 34:14; Sa1 11:2.
Speak unto the king ... - It cannot be inferred with certainty from this that marriages were usual among half brothers and sisters in the time of David. The Levitical law forbade them (marginal reference), and Tamar may have merely wished to temporize. On the other hand, the debasing and unhumanizing institution of the harem, itself contrary to the law of Moses Deu 17:17, may well have led to other deviations from its precepts, and the precedent of Abraham Gen 20:12 may have seemed to give some sanction to this particular breach of it. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Shame - How can I either endure or avoid the shame? Fools - That is, contemptible to all the people, whereas now thou art heir apparent of the crown. Withhold - This she spoke, because she thought her royal father would dispense with it, upon this extraordinary occasion, to save his first - born son's life: |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Speak unto the king - So it appears that she thought that the king, her father, would give her to him as wife. This is another strong mark of indelicacy in those simple but barbarous times. There might have been some excuse for such connections under the patriarchal age, but there was none now. But perhaps she said this only to divert him from his iniquitous purpose, that she might get out of his hands. |
12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: