2 Samuel 13:7

2 Samuel 13:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and dress him meat.
• New International Version (NIV)David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go to your brother Amnon's house and prepare food for him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Now go to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.”

Context of 2 Samuel 13:7

5Then Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed. Act sick, and when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come to feed me. She can prepare a meal in front of me as I watch her, and she can feed me.’ ” 6So Amnon lay down and acted sick, and the king came to see him. Amnon asked the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make some bread in front of me, and she can feed me.” David sent for Tamar at the palace. “Please go to your brother Amnon’s home,” he said, “and prepare some food for him.” 8So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s home. He was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made flat bread in front of him, and cooked it. 9Then she took the pan and served him ⌞the bread⌟. But he refused to eat. “Have everyone leave me,” he said. So everyone left him.

2 Samuel 13:7 word by word

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח דָּוִ֛ד אֶל־תָּמָ֖ר הַבַּ֣יְתָה לֵאמֹ֑ר לְכִ֣י נָ֗א בֵּ֚ית אַמְנ֣וֹן אָחִ֔יךְ וַעֲשִׂי־ל֖וֹ הַבִּרְיָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• homeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• to Tamarתָּמָרtâmâr · TamarH8559
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• now to thy brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• Amnon’sאַמְנוֹן'amnôn 'ămîynôn · AmnonH550
• and dressעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• him meatבִּרְיָהbiryâh · foodH1279

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 13:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 Make me cakes … a pan - The words here used occur nowhere else, and the etymology is doubtful. Some particular kind of cake or pudding is meant 2 Samuel 13:8, called a לביבה lābı̂ybâh according to some, it was, from its etymology, shaped like a heart. 2 Samuel 13:9 The dish into which she poured the לביבה lābı̂ybâh was doubtless borne to him by one of the servants into the chamber where he lay, and from which, the doors being open, he could…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. Amnon lay down, and made himself sick--The Orientals are great adepts in feigning sickness, whenever they have any object to accomplish. let Tamar my sister come and make me a couple of cakes--To the king Amnon spoke of Tamar as "his sister," a term artfully designed to hoodwink his father; and the request appeared so natural, the delicate appetite of a sick man requiring to be humored, that the king promised to send her. The cakes seem to have been…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 13:7

• Adultery
• Bread
• Deception
• Lasciviousness
• Rape
• Seduction
• Tamar

In the dictionaries

• David
• Tamar
• Desolate
• Suppose
• Bible, the
• Crime; Crimes
• Israel, History of
• Polygamy
• Samuel, Books of
• Solomon

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