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2Sa 13:1	Strong Concordance	And it came to pass after [0310] this, that Absalom [053] the son [01121] of David [01732] had a fair [03303] sister [0269], whose name [08034] was Tamar [08559]; and Amnon [0550] the son [01121] of David [01732] loved [0157] her.
	King James	And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
AMNON LOVES TAMAR. (Sa2 13:1-5) Tamar--daughter of David by Maachah (Sa2 3:3).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

AMNON LOVES TAMAR. (Sa2 13:1-5)

Tamar--daughter of David by Maachah (Sa2 3:3).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The history here, down to the end of 2 Sam. 23 (excepting a few particulars), is omitted in the Book of Chronicles.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Amnon's Incest. - Sa2 13:1-14. The following occurrences are assigned in a general manner to the times succeeding the Ammonitish war, by the words "And it came to pass after this;" and as David did not marry Maacah the mother of Absalom and Tamar till after he had been made king at Hebron (see Sa2 3:3), they cannot well have taken place before the twentieth year of his reign. Amnon, the eldest son of David by Ahinoam the Jezreelite (Sa2 3:2), loved Tamar, the beautiful sister of his step-brother Absalom, so passionately that he became ill in consequence, because he could not get near to her as she was a virgin. Sa2 13:1 and Sa2 13:2 form one period. ויּצר is a continuation of אהרי־כן ויהי; and the words from וּאבשׁלום to בּן־דּוד are a circumstantial clause. ויּצר: literally "it became narrow (anxious) to Amnon, even to making himself ill," i.e., he quite pined away, not "he pretended to be ill" (Luther), for it was not till afterwards that he did this according to Jonadab's advice (Sa2 13:5). התהלּות: to make one's self ill, here to become ill, in Sa2 13:5 to pretend to be ill. The clause היא בתוּלה כּי is to be joined to the one which follows: "because she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to him to do anything to her." The maidenly modesty of Tamar evidently raised an insuperable barrier to the gratification of his lusts. Sa2 13:3-5 Amnon's miserable appearance was observed by his cousin Jonadab, a very crafty man, who asked him what was the reason, and then gave him advice as to the way in which he might succeed in gratifying his desires. Shimeah is called Shammah in Sa1 16:9. Sa2 13:4-5 "Why art thou so wasting away (דּל, thin, spare, here equivalent to wasting away, looking miserable), king's son, from morning to morning?" i.e., day by day. "The morning" is mentioned because sick persons look worst in the morning. The advice given in Sa2 13:5, - viz., "Lay thee down upon thy bed, and pretend to be ill; and when thy father comes to visit thee, say to him, May my sister Tamar come to me, and give me to eat?" etc., - was very craftily devised, as Amnon's wretched appearance would favour his pretence that he was ill, and it might be hoped that an affectionate father would gratify him, since even if the wish seemed a strange one, it might easily be accounted for from the marvellous desires of persons who are ill, particularly with regard to food-desires which it is often very difficulty to gratify. Sa2 13:6-8 Amnon acted upon the advice, and begged his father, when he came to ask him how he was, to allow his sister Tamar to come and bake two heart-cakes for him before his eyes, which she very speedily did. לבּב is a denom. from לבבות, to make or bake heart-cakes. לבבות is a heart-strengthening kind of pastry, a kind of pancake, which could be very quickly made. It is evident from these verses that the king's children lived in different houses. Probably each of the king's wives lived with her children in one particular compartment of the palace. Sa2 13:9-11 "And she took the pan and shook out (what she had prepared) before him. The ἁπ. λεγ. משׂרת signifies a frying-pan or sauce-pan, according to the ancient versions. The etymology is uncertain. But Amnon refused to eat, and, like a whimsical patient, he then ordered all the men that were with him to go out; and when this had been done, he told Tamar to bring the food into the chamber, that he might eat it from her hand; and when she handed him the food, he laid hold of her, and said, "Come, lie with me, my sister!" Sa2 13:12-13 Tamar attempted to escape by pointing to the wickedness of such a desire: "Pray, do not, my brother, do not humble me; for they do not such things in Israel: do not this folly." The words recall Gen 34:7, where the expression "folly" (nebalah) is first used to denote a want of chastity. Such a sin was altogether out of keeping with the calling and holiness of Israel (vid., Lev 20:8.). "And I, whither should I carry my shame?" i.e., shame and contempt would meet me everywhere. "And thou wouldst be as one of the fools in Israel." We should both of us reap nothing but shame from it. What Tamar still further said, "Now therefore, I pray thee, speak to the king, for he will not refuse me to thee," is no doubt at variance with the law which prohibits marriage between step-brothers and sisters (Lev 18:9, Lev 18:11; Lev 20:17); but it by no means proves that the laws of Leviticus were not in existence at the time, nor does it even presuppose that Tamar was ignorant of any such law. She simply said this, as Clericus observes, "that she might escape from his hands by any means in her power, and to avoid inflaming him still more and driving him to sin by precluding all hope of marriage." (Note: Josephus adopts this explanation: "This she said, as desirous to avoid her brother's violent passion at present" (Ant. viii. 8, 1).) We cannot therefore even infer from these words of hers, that she really thought the king could grant a dispensation from the existing hindrances to their marriage. Sa2 13:14 Amnon would not listen to her, however, but overpowered her, forced her, and lay with her. Sa2 13:15-22 Amnon had no sooner gratified his animal passion, than his love to the humbled sister turned into hatred, which was even greater than his (previous) love, so that he commanded her to get up and go. This sudden change, which may be fully explained from a psychological point of view, and is frequently exemplified still in actual life, furnishes a striking proof that lust is not love, but simply the gratification of the animal passions. Sa2 13:16 Tamar replied, "Do not become the cause of this great evil, (which is) greater than another that thou hast done to me, to thrust me away," i.e., do not add to the great wrong which thou hast done me the still greater one of thrusting me away. This is apparently the only admissible explanation of the difficult expression אל־אדות, as nothing more is needed than to supply תּהי. Tamar calls his sending her away a greater evil than the one already done to her, because it would inevitably be supposed that she had been guilty of some shameful conduct herself, that the seduction had come from her; whereas she was perfectly innocent, and had done nothing but what affection towards a sick brother dictated, whilst it was impossible for her to call for help (as prescribed in Deu 22:27), because Amnon had sent the servants away, and Tamar could not in any case expect assistance from them. Sa2 13:17 Amnon then called the boy who waited upon him, and ordered him to put out this person (the sister he had humbled), and to bolt the door behind her, so that it had the appearance of her having made a shameful proposal to him. Sa2 13:18 Before stating that this command was obeyed, the writer inserts this remark: "She (Tamar) wore a long dress with sleeves (see Gen 37:3); for in this manner did the virgin daughters of the king dress themselves with mantles." מעילים is an accusative belonging to תּלבּשׁנה, and the meaning is that the king's daughters, who were virgins, wore long dresses with sleeves as cloaks. The cetoneth passim was not an ordinary under-garment, but was worn over the plain cetoneth or tunic, and took the place of the ordinary mel without sleeves. Notwithstanding this dress, by which a king's daughter could at once be recognised, Amnon's servant treated Tamar like a common woman, and turned her out of the house. Sa2 13:19 And Tamar took ashes upon her head, rent her sleeve-dress (as a sign of grief and pain at the disgrace inflicted upon her), laid her hand upon her head (as a sign that a grievous trouble had come upon her, that the hand of God was resting as it were upon her: vid., Jer 2:37), and "went going and cried," i.e., crying aloud as she went along. Sa2 13:20 Then Absalom said to her, namely when she came home mourning in this manner, "Has Amnon thy brother been with thee?" This was a euphemism for what had taken place (cf. Gen 39:10), as Absalom immediately conjectures. "And now, my sister, be silent; it is thy brother, do not take this thing to heart." Absalom quieted the sister, because he was determined to take revenge, but wished to conceal his plan of vengeance for the time. So Tamar remained in her brother's house, "and indeed desolate," i.e., as one laid waste, with the joy of her life hopelessly destroyed. It cannot be proved that שׁמם ever means single or solitary. Sa2 13:21-22 When David heard "all these things," he became very wrathful; but Absalom did not speak to Amnon "from good to evil" (i.e., either good or evil, not a single word: Gen 24:50), because he hated him for having humbled his sister. The lxx add to the words "he (David) was very wroth," the following clause: "He did not trouble the spirit of Amnon his son, because he loved him, for he was his first-born." This probably gives the true reason why David let such a crime as Amnon's go unpunished, when the law enjoined that incest should be punished with death (Lev 20:17); at the same time it is nothing but a subjective conjecture of the translators, and does not warrant us in altering the text. The fact that David was contented to be simply angry is probably to be accounted for partly from his own consciousness of guilt, since he himself had been guilty of adultery; but it arose chiefly from his indulgent affection towards his sons, and his consequent want of discipline. This weakness in his character bore very bitter fruit.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Amnon's Incest. - Sa2 13:1-14. The following occurrences are assigned in a general manner to the times succeeding the Ammonitish war, by the words "And it came to pass after this;" and as David did not marry Maacah the mother of Absalom and Tamar till after he had been made king at Hebron (see Sa2 3:3), they cannot well have taken place before the twentieth year of his reign. Amnon, the eldest son of David by Ahinoam the Jezreelite (Sa2 3:2), loved Tamar, the beautiful sister of his step-brother Absalom, so passionately that he became ill in consequence, because he could not get near to her as she was a virgin. Sa2 13:1 and Sa2 13:2 form one period. ויּצר is a continuation of אהרי־כן ויהי; and the words from וּאבשׁלום to בּן־דּוד are a circumstantial clause. ויּצר: literally "it became narrow (anxious) to Amnon, even to making himself ill," i.e., he quite pined away, not "he pretended to be ill" (Luther), for it was not till afterwards that he did this according to Jonadab's advice (Sa2 13:5). התהלּות: to make one's self ill, here to become ill, in Sa2 13:5 to pretend to be ill. The clause היא בתוּלה כּי is to be joined to the one which follows: "because she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to him to do anything to her." The maidenly modesty of Tamar evidently raised an insuperable barrier to the gratification of his lusts.

Sa2 13:3-5

Amnon's miserable appearance was observed by his cousin Jonadab, a very crafty man, who asked him what was the reason, and then gave him advice as to the way in which he might succeed in gratifying his desires. Shimeah is called Shammah in Sa1 16:9.

Sa2 13:4-5

"Why art thou so wasting away (דּל, thin, spare, here equivalent to wasting away, looking miserable), king's son, from morning to morning?" i.e., day by day. "The morning" is mentioned because sick persons look worst in the morning. The advice given in Sa2 13:5, - viz., "Lay thee down upon thy bed, and pretend to be ill; and when thy father comes to visit thee, say to him, May my sister Tamar come to me, and give me to eat?" etc., - was very craftily devised, as Amnon's wretched appearance would favour his pretence that he was ill, and it might be hoped that an affectionate father would gratify him, since even if the wish seemed a strange one, it might easily be accounted for from the marvellous desires of persons who are ill, particularly with regard to food-desires which it is often very difficulty to gratify.

Sa2 13:6-8

Amnon acted upon the advice, and begged his father, when he came to ask him how he was, to allow his sister Tamar to come and bake two heart-cakes for him before his eyes, which she very speedily did. לבּב is a denom. from לבבות, to make or bake heart-cakes. לבבות is a heart-strengthening kind of pastry, a kind of pancake, which could be very quickly made. It is evident from these verses that the king's children lived in different houses. Probably each of the king's wives lived with her children in one particular compartment of the palace.

Sa2 13:9-11

"And she took the pan and shook out (what she had prepared) before him. The ἁπ. λεγ. משׂרת signifies a frying-pan or sauce-pan, according to the ancient versions. The etymology is uncertain. But Amnon refused to eat, and, like a whimsical patient, he then ordered all the men that were with him to go out; and when this had been done, he told Tamar to bring the food into the chamber, that he might eat it from her hand; and when she handed him the food, he laid hold of her, and said, "Come, lie with me, my sister!"

Sa2 13:12-13

Tamar attempted to escape by pointing to the wickedness of such a desire: "Pray, do not, my brother, do not humble me; for they do not such things in Israel: do not this folly." The words recall Gen 34:7, where the expression "folly" (nebalah) is first used to denote a want of chastity. Such a sin was altogether out of keeping with the calling and holiness of Israel (vid., Lev 20:8.). "And I, whither should I carry my shame?" i.e., shame and contempt would meet me everywhere. "And thou wouldst be as one of the fools in Israel." We should both of us reap nothing but shame from it. What Tamar still further said, "Now therefore, I pray thee, speak to the king, for he will not refuse me to thee," is no doubt at variance with the law which prohibits marriage between step-brothers and sisters (Lev 18:9, Lev 18:11; Lev 20:17); but it by no means proves that the laws of Leviticus were not in existence at the time, nor does it even presuppose that Tamar was ignorant of any such law. She simply said this, as Clericus observes, "that she might escape from his hands by any means in her power, and to avoid inflaming him still more and driving him to sin by precluding all hope of marriage."

(Note: Josephus adopts this explanation: "This she said, as desirous to avoid her brother's violent passion at present" (Ant. viii. 8, 1).)

We cannot therefore even infer from these words of hers, that she really thought the king could grant a dispensation from the existing hindrances to their marriage.

Sa2 13:14

Amnon would not listen to her, however, but overpowered her, forced her, and lay with her.

Sa2 13:15-22

Amnon had no sooner gratified his animal passion, than his love to the humbled sister turned into hatred, which was even greater than his (previous) love, so that he commanded her to get up and go. This sudden change, which may be fully explained from a psychological point of view, and is frequently exemplified still in actual life, furnishes a striking proof that lust is not love, but simply the gratification of the animal passions.

Sa2 13:16

Tamar replied, "Do not become the cause of this great evil, (which is) greater than another that thou hast done to me, to thrust me away," i.e., do not add to the great wrong which thou hast done me the still greater one of thrusting me away. This is apparently the only admissible explanation of the difficult expression אל־אדות, as nothing more is needed than to supply תּהי. Tamar calls his sending her away a greater evil than the one already done to her, because it would inevitably be supposed that she had been guilty of some shameful conduct herself, that the seduction had come from her; whereas she was perfectly innocent, and had done nothing but what affection towards a sick brother dictated, whilst it was impossible for her to call for help (as prescribed in Deu 22:27), because Amnon had sent the servants away, and Tamar could not in any case expect assistance from them.

Sa2 13:17

Amnon then called the boy who waited upon him, and ordered him to put out this person (the sister he had humbled), and to bolt the door behind her, so that it had the appearance of her having made a shameful proposal to him.

Sa2 13:18

Before stating that this command was obeyed, the writer inserts this remark: "She (Tamar) wore a long dress with sleeves (see Gen 37:3); for in this manner did the virgin daughters of the king dress themselves with mantles." מעילים is an accusative belonging to תּלבּשׁנה, and the meaning is that the king's daughters, who were virgins, wore long dresses with sleeves as cloaks. The cetoneth passim was not an ordinary under-garment, but was worn over the plain cetoneth or tunic, and took the place of the ordinary mel without sleeves. Notwithstanding this dress, by which a king's daughter could at once be recognised, Amnon's servant treated Tamar like a common woman, and turned her out of the house.

Sa2 13:19

And Tamar took ashes upon her head, rent her sleeve-dress (as a sign of grief and pain at the disgrace inflicted upon her), laid her hand upon her head (as a sign that a grievous trouble had come upon her, that the hand of God was resting as it were upon her: vid., Jer 2:37), and "went going and cried," i.e., crying aloud as she went along.

Sa2 13:20

Then Absalom said to her, namely when she came home mourning in this manner, "Has Amnon thy brother been with thee?" This was a euphemism for what had taken place (cf. Gen 39:10), as Absalom immediately conjectures. "And now, my sister, be silent; it is thy brother, do not take this thing to heart." Absalom quieted the sister, because he was determined to take revenge, but wished to conceal his plan of vengeance for the time. So Tamar remained in her brother's house, "and indeed desolate," i.e., as one laid waste, with the joy of her life hopelessly destroyed. It cannot be proved that שׁמם ever means single or solitary.

Sa2 13:21-22

When David heard "all these things," he became very wrathful; but Absalom did not speak to Amnon "from good to evil" (i.e., either good or evil, not a single word: Gen 24:50), because he hated him for having humbled his sister. The lxx add to the words "he (David) was very wroth," the following clause: "He did not trouble the spirit of Amnon his son, because he loved him, for he was his first-born." This probably gives the true reason why David let such a crime as Amnon's go unpunished, when the law enjoined that incest should be punished with death (Lev 20:17); at the same time it is nothing but a subjective conjecture of the translators, and does not warrant us in altering the text. The fact that David was contented to be simply angry is probably to be accounted for partly from his own consciousness of guilt, since he himself had been guilty of adultery; but it arose chiefly from his indulgent affection towards his sons, and his consequent want of discipline. This weakness in his character bore very bitter fruit.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
A sister - His sister by father and mother.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Whose name was Tamar - Tamar was the daughter of David and Maacah, daughter of the king of Geshur, and the uterine sister of Absalom. Amnon was David's eldest son by Ahinoam. She was therefore sister to Amnon only by the father's side, i.e., half-sister; but whole sister to Absalom.

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³ And his second [04932], Chileab [03609], of Abigail [026] the wife [0802] of Nabal [05037] the Carmelite [03761]; and the third [07992], Absalom [053] the son [01121] of Maacah [04601] the daughter [01323] of Talmai [08526] king [04428] of Geshur [01650];

¹⁷ And if a man [0376] shall take [03947] his sister [0269], his father's [01] daughter [01323], or [0176] his mother's [0517] daughter [01323], and see [07200] her nakedness [06172], and she see [07200] his nakedness [06172]; it is a wicked thing [02617]; and they shall be cut off [03772] in the sight [05869] of their people [05971] [01121]: he hath uncovered [01540] his sister's [0269] nakedness [06172]; he shall bear [05375] his iniquity [05771].

⁵⁰ Then Laban [03837] and Bethuel [01328] answered [06030] and said [0559], The thing [01697] proceedeth [03318] from the LORD [03068]: we cannot [03201] speak [01696] unto thee bad [07451] or [0176] good [02896].

²¹ But when king [04428] David [01732] heard [08085] of all these things [01697], he was very [03966] wroth [02734].
²² And Absalom [053] spake [01696] unto his brother Amnon [0550] neither good [02896] nor bad [07451]: for Absalom [053] hated [08130] Amnon [0550], because [01697] he had forced [06031] his sister [0269] Tamar [08559].

¹⁰ And it came to pass, as she spake [01696] to Joseph [03130] day [03117] by day [03117], that he hearkened [08085] not unto her, to lie [07901] by her [0681], or to be with her.

²⁰ And Absalom [053] her brother [0251] said [0559] unto her, Hath Amnon [0550] thy brother [0251] been with thee? but hold now thy peace [02790], my sister [0269]: he is thy brother [0251]; regard [07896] [03820] not this thing [01697]. So Tamar [08559] remained [03427] desolate [08074] in her brother [0251] Absalom's [053] house [01004].

³⁷ Yea, thou shalt go forth [03318] from him, and thine hands [03027] upon thine head [07218]: for the LORD [03068] hath rejected [03988] thy confidences [04009], and thou shalt not prosper [06743] in them.

¹⁹ And Tamar [08559] put [03947] ashes [0665] on her head [07218], and rent [07167] her garment [03801] of divers colours [06446] that was on her, and laid [07760] her hand [03027] on her head [07218], and went [03212] on [01980] crying [02199].

³ Now Israel [03478] loved [0157] Joseph [03130] more than all his children [01121], because he was the son [01121] of his old age [02208]: and he made [06213] him a coat [03801] of many colours [06446].

¹⁸ And she had a garment [03801] of divers colours [06446] upon her: for with such robes [04598] were the king's [04428] daughters [01323] that were virgins [01330] apparelled [03847]. Then his servant [08334] brought [03318] her out [02351], and bolted [05274] the door [01817] after [0310] her.

¹⁷ Then he called [07121] his servant [05288] that ministered [08334] unto him, and said [0559], Put [07971] now this woman out [02351] from me, and bolt [05274] the door [01817] after [0310] her.

²⁷ For he found [04672] her in the field [07704], and the betrothed [0781] damsel [05291] cried [06817], and there was none to save [03467] her.

¹⁶ And she said [0559] unto him, There is no cause [0182]: this evil [07451] in sending me away [07971] is greater [01419] than the other [0312] that thou didst [06213] unto me. But he would [014] not hearken [08085] unto her.

¹⁵ Then Amnon [0550] hated [08130] her exceedingly [03966] [01419]; so that the hatred [08135] wherewith he hated [08130] her was greater [01419] than the love [0160] wherewith he had loved [0157] her. And Amnon [0550] said [0559] unto her, Arise [06965], be gone [03212].
¹⁶ And she said [0559] unto him, There is no cause [0182]: this evil [07451] in sending me away [07971] is greater [01419] than the other [0312] that thou didst [06213] unto me. But he would [014] not hearken [08085] unto her.
¹⁷ Then he called [07121] his servant [05288] that ministered [08334] unto him, and said [0559], Put [07971] now this woman out [02351] from me, and bolt [05274] the door [01817] after [0310] her.
¹⁸ And she had a garment [03801] of divers colours [06446] upon her: for with such robes [04598] were the king's [04428] daughters [01323] that were virgins [01330] apparelled [03847]. Then his servant [08334] brought [03318] her out [02351], and bolted [05274] the door [01817] after [0310] her.
¹⁹ And Tamar [08559] put [03947] ashes [0665] on her head [07218], and rent [07167] her garment [03801] of divers colours [06446] that was on her, and laid [07760] her hand [03027] on her head [07218], and went [03212] on [01980] crying [02199].
²⁰ And Absalom [053] her brother [0251] said [0559] unto her, Hath Amnon [0550] thy brother [0251] been with thee? but hold now thy peace [02790], my sister [0269]: he is thy brother [0251]; regard [07896] [03820] not this thing [01697]. So Tamar [08559] remained [03427] desolate [08074] in her brother [0251] Absalom's [053] house [01004].
²¹ But when king [04428] David [01732] heard [08085] of all these things [01697], he was very [03966] wroth [02734].
²² And Absalom [053] spake [01696] unto his brother Amnon [0550] neither good [02896] nor bad [07451]: for Absalom [053] hated [08130] Amnon [0550], because [01697] he had forced [06031] his sister [0269] Tamar [08559].

¹⁴ Howbeit he would [014] not hearken [08085] unto her voice [06963]: but, being stronger [02388] than she, forced [06031] her, and lay [07901] with her.

¹¹ The nakedness [06172] of thy father's [01] wife's [0802] daughter [01323], begotten [04138] of thy father [01], she is thy sister [0269], thou shalt not uncover [01540] her nakedness [06172].

⁹ The nakedness [06172] of thy sister [0269], the daughter [01323] of thy father [01], or daughter [01323] of thy mother [0517], whether she be born [04138] at home [01004], or born [04138] abroad [02351], even their nakedness [06172] thou shalt not uncover [01540].

⁸ And ye shall keep [08104] my statutes [02708], and do [06213] them: I am the LORD [03068] which sanctify [06942] you.

⁷ And the sons [01121] of Jacob [03290] came [0935] out of the field [07704] when they heard [08085] it: and the men [0582] were grieved [06087], and they were very [03966] wroth [02734], because he had wrought [06213] folly [05039] in Israel [03478] in lying [07901] with Jacob's [03290] daughter [01323]; which thing ought not to be done [06213].

¹² And she answered [0559] him, Nay, my brother [0251], do not force [06031] me; for no such thing ought [03651] to be done [06213] in Israel [03478]: do [06213] not thou this folly [05039].
¹³ And I, whither shall I cause my shame [02781] to go [03212]? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one [0259] of the fools [05036] in Israel [03478]. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak [01696] unto the king [04428]; for he will not withhold [04513] me from thee.

⁹ And she took [03947] a pan [04958], and poured them out [03332] before [06440] him; but he refused [03985] to eat [0398]. And Amnon [0550] said [0559], Have out [03318] all men [0376] from me. And they went out [03318] every man [0376] from him.
¹⁰ And Amnon [0550] said [0559] unto Tamar [08559], Bring [0935] the meat [01279] into the chamber [02315], that I may eat [01262] of thine hand [03027]. And Tamar [08559] took [03947] the cakes [03834] which she had made [06213], and brought [0935] them into the chamber [02315] to Amnon [0550] her brother [0251].
¹¹ And when she had brought [05066] them unto him to eat [0398], he took hold [02388] of her, and said [0559] unto her, Come [0935] lie [07901] with me, my sister [0269].

⁶ So Amnon [0550] lay down [07901], and made himself sick [02470]: and when the king [04428] was come [0935] to see [07200] him, Amnon [0550] said [0559] unto the king [04428], I pray thee, let Tamar [08559] my sister [0269] come [0935], and make [03823] me a couple [08147] of cakes [03834] in my sight [05869], that I may eat [01262] at her hand [03027].
⁷ Then David [01732] sent [07971] home [01004] to Tamar [08559], saying [0559], Go [03212] now to thy brother [0251] Amnon's [0550] house [01004], and dress [06213] him meat [01279].
⁸ So Tamar [08559] went [03212] to her brother [0251] Amnon's [0550] house [01004]; and he was laid down [07901]. And she took [03947] flour [01217], and kneaded [03888] it, and made cakes [03823] in his sight [05869], and did bake [01310] the cakes [03834].

⁵ And Jonadab [03082] said [0559] unto him, Lay thee down [07901] on thy bed [04904], and make thyself sick [02470]: and when thy father [01] cometh [0935] to see [07200] thee, say [0559] unto him, I pray thee, let my sister [0269] Tamar [08559] come [0935], and give [01262] me meat [03899], and dress [06213] the meat [01279] in my sight [05869], that I may see [07200] it, and eat [0398] it at her hand [03027].

⁴ And he said [0559] unto him, Why art thou, being the king's [04428] son [01121], lean [01800] from day [01242] to day [01242]? wilt thou not tell [05046] me? And Amnon [0550] said [0559] unto him, I love [0157] Tamar [08559], my brother [0251] Absalom's [053] sister [0269].
⁵ And Jonadab [03082] said [0559] unto him, Lay thee down [07901] on thy bed [04904], and make thyself sick [02470]: and when thy father [01] cometh [0935] to see [07200] thee, say [0559] unto him, I pray thee, let my sister [0269] Tamar [08559] come [0935], and give [01262] me meat [03899], and dress [06213] the meat [01279] in my sight [05869], that I may see [07200] it, and eat [0398] it at her hand [03027].

⁹ Then Jesse [03448] made Shammah [08048] to pass by [05674]. And he said [0559], Neither hath the LORD [03068] chosen [0977] this.

³ But Amnon [0550] had a friend [07453], whose name [08034] was Jonadab [03122], the son [01121] of Shimeah [08093] David's [01732] brother [0251]: and Jonadab [03122] was a very [03966] subtil [02450] man [0376].
⁴ And he said [0559] unto him, Why art thou, being the king's [04428] son [01121], lean [01800] from day [01242] to day [01242]? wilt thou not tell [05046] me? And Amnon [0550] said [0559] unto him, I love [0157] Tamar [08559], my brother [0251] Absalom's [053] sister [0269].
⁵ And Jonadab [03082] said [0559] unto him, Lay thee down [07901] on thy bed [04904], and make thyself sick [02470]: and when thy father [01] cometh [0935] to see [07200] thee, say [0559] unto him, I pray thee, let my sister [0269] Tamar [08559] come [0935], and give [01262] me meat [03899], and dress [06213] the meat [01279] in my sight [05869], that I may see [07200] it, and eat [0398] it at her hand [03027].

² And Amnon [0550] was so vexed [03334], that he fell sick [02470] for his sister [0269] Tamar [08559]; for she was a virgin [01330]; and Amnon [0550] thought [05869] it hard [06381] for him to do [06213] any thing [03972] to her.

² And unto David [01732] were sons [01121] born [03205] [03205] in Hebron [02275]: and his firstborn [01060] was Amnon [0550], of Ahinoam [0293] the Jezreelitess [03159];

¹ And it came to pass after [0310] this, that Absalom [053] the son [01121] of David [01732] had a fair [03303] sister [0269], whose name [08034] was Tamar [08559]; and Amnon [0550] the son [01121] of David [01732] loved [0157] her.
² And Amnon [0550] was so vexed [03334], that he fell sick [02470] for his sister [0269] Tamar [08559]; for she was a virgin [01330]; and Amnon [0550] thought [05869] it hard [06381] for him to do [06213] any thing [03972] to her.
³ But Amnon [0550] had a friend [07453], whose name [08034] was Jonadab [03122], the son [01121] of Shimeah [08093] David's [01732] brother [0251]: and Jonadab [03122] was a very [03966] subtil [02450] man [0376].
⁴ And he said [0559] unto him, Why art thou, being the king's [04428] son [01121], lean [01800] from day [01242] to day [01242]? wilt thou not tell [05046] me? And Amnon [0550] said [0559] unto him, I love [0157] Tamar [08559], my brother [0251] Absalom's [053] sister [0269].
⁵ And Jonadab [03082] said [0559] unto him, Lay thee down [07901] on thy bed [04904], and make thyself sick [02470]: and when thy father [01] cometh [0935] to see [07200] thee, say [0559] unto him, I pray thee, let my sister [0269] Tamar [08559] come [0935], and give [01262] me meat [03899], and dress [06213] the meat [01279] in my sight [05869], that I may see [07200] it, and eat [0398] it at her hand [03027].
⁶ So Amnon [0550] lay down [07901], and made himself sick [02470]: and when the king [04428] was come [0935] to see [07200] him, Amnon [0550] said [0559] unto the king [04428], I pray thee, let Tamar [08559] my sister [0269] come [0935], and make [03823] me a couple [08147] of cakes [03834] in my sight [05869], that I may eat [01262] at her hand [03027].
⁷ Then David [01732] sent [07971] home [01004] to Tamar [08559], saying [0559], Go [03212] now to thy brother [0251] Amnon's [0550] house [01004], and dress [06213] him meat [01279].
⁸ So Tamar [08559] went [03212] to her brother [0251] Amnon's [0550] house [01004]; and he was laid down [07901]. And she took [03947] flour [01217], and kneaded [03888] it, and made cakes [03823] in his sight [05869], and did bake [01310] the cakes [03834].
⁹ And she took [03947] a pan [04958], and poured them out [03332] before [06440] him; but he refused [03985] to eat [0398]. And Amnon [0550] said [0559], Have out [03318] all men [0376] from me. And they went out [03318] every man [0376] from him.
¹⁰ And Amnon [0550] said [0559] unto Tamar [08559], Bring [0935] the meat [01279] into the chamber [02315], that I may eat [01262] of thine hand [03027]. And Tamar [08559] took [03947] the cakes [03834] which she had made [06213], and brought [0935] them into the chamber [02315] to Amnon [0550] her brother [0251].
¹¹ And when she had brought [05066] them unto him to eat [0398], he took hold [02388] of her, and said [0559] unto her, Come [0935] lie [07901] with me, my sister [0269].
¹² And she answered [0559] him, Nay, my brother [0251], do not force [06031] me; for no such thing ought [03651] to be done [06213] in Israel [03478]: do [06213] not thou this folly [05039].
¹³ And I, whither shall I cause my shame [02781] to go [03212]? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one [0259] of the fools [05036] in Israel [03478]. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak [01696] unto the king [04428]; for he will not withhold [04513] me from thee.
¹⁴ Howbeit he would [014] not hearken [08085] unto her voice [06963]: but, being stronger [02388] than she, forced [06031] her, and lay [07901] with her.