Berean Standard Bible
2 Samuel 13:13
13Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
2 Samuel 13:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)As for me, where could I carry my shame? And as for you, you would be as one of the outrageous fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And I, where could I take my shame? And as for you, you would be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.”
Context of 2 Samuel 13:13
11And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!” 12“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing! Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.” 14But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her. 15Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
Read all of 2 Samuel 132 Samuel 13:13 word by word
וַאֲנִ֗י אָ֤נָה אוֹלִיךְ֙ אֶת־חֶרְפָּתִ֔י וְאַתָּ֗ה תִּהְיֶ֛ה כְּאַחַ֥ד הַנְּבָלִ֖ים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְעַתָּה֙ דַּבֶּר־נָ֣א אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּ֛י לֹ֥א יִמְנָעֵ֖נִי מִמֶּֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear
- Whereאָן'ân 'ânâh · where?H575
- could Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
- ever takeהָלַךְhâlak · to go: takeH1980
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- my shameחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
- And youאַתָּ֫ה'attâh 'attâ 'ath 'attîy 'attem 'atten 'attênâh 'attênnâh · you(m.s.)H859
- would beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- like oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- of the foolsנָבָלnâbâl · foolishH5036
- in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- in Israelעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
- Pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
- speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
- the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- forכִּיkîy · forH3588
- he will notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- withhold meמָנַעmâna‛ · to withholdH4513
- from youמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 13:13
- Genesis 19:8Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
- Judges 19:24Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 13:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Speak 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13My shame - Better, “my reproach.” Compare Genesis 30:23; Genesis 34:14; 1 Samuel 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13he will not withhold me from you: Tamar said this to gain time. Amnon knew that the law prohibited marriage between half-siblings (see study note on 2 Samuel 13:2), and he refused to stop.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. do not force me--The remonstrances and arguments of Tamar were so affecting and so strong, that had not Amnon been violently goaded on by the lustful passion of which he had become the slave, they must have prevailed with him to desist from his infamous purpose. In bidding him, however, "speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from thee," it is probable that she urged this as her last resource, saying anything she thought would please him…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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