Verse | Translation | Text |
2Sa 13:20 | Strong Concordance | 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]. |
King James | And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house--He was her natural protector, and the children of polygamists lived by themselves, as if they constituted different families. |