Berean Standard Bible
2 Samuel 13:3-5
3Now AmnonH550 had a friendH7453 namedH8034 JonadabH3122, the sonH1121 of David’sH1732 brotherH251 ShimeahH8093.1 JonadabH3122 was a veryH3966 shrewdH2450 manH376, 4and he askedH559 Amnon, “WhyH4069 are youH859, the sonH1121 of the kingH4428, soH3602 depressedH1800 morningH1242 after morningH1242? Won’tH3808 you tellH5046 me?”
AmnonH550 repliedH559, “I amH589 in loveH157 with TamarH8559, my brotherH251 Absalom’sH53 sisterH269.”
5JonadabH3082 toldH559 him, “Lie downH7901 onH5921 your bedH4904 and pretend you are illH2470. When your fatherH1 comesH935 to see youH7200, sayH559 to himH413, ‘PleaseH4994 let my sisterH269 TamarH8559 comeH935 and give me somethingH1262 to eatH3899. Let her prepareH6213 it in my sightH5869 soH4616 I may watch herH7200 and eat itH398 from her handH3027.’”
Notes
- 1. 2 Samuel 13:3 Shimeah is a variant of Shammah, Shimea, and Shimei; see 1 Samuel 16:9, 2 Samuel 21:21, and 1 Chronicles 2:13. ↩
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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