2 Samuel 13
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2 Samuel 13:1-5

1Now it was afterH310 thisH3651 that 1AbsalomH53 the sonH1121 of DavidH1732 had a beautifulH3303 sisterH269 whose nameH8034 was 2TamarH8559, and 3AmnonH550 the sonH1121 of DavidH1732 lovedH157 her.

2AmnonH550 was so frustratedH6887 becauseH5668 of his sisterH269 TamarH8559 that he madeH2470 himself illH2470, for she was a virginH1330, and it seemedH6381 4hardH6381 to AmnonH550 to doH6213 anythingH3972 to her.

3But AmnonH550 had a friendH7453 whose nameH8034 was JonadabH3082, the sonH1121 of 56ShimeahH8093, David’sH1732 brotherH251; and JonadabH3082 was a veryH3966 shrewdH2450 manH376.

4He saidH559 to him, “O sonH1121 of the kingH4428, whyH4069 are you soH3602 depressedH1800 morningH1242 after morningH1242? Will you not tellH5046 me?” Then AmnonH550 saidH559 to him, “I am in loveH157 with TamarH8559, the sisterH269 of my brotherH251 AbsalomH53.”

5JonadabH3082 then saidH559 to him, “LieH7901 downH7901 on your bedH4904 and pretendH2470 to be illH2470; when your fatherH1 comesH935 to seeH7200 you, sayH559 to him, ‘PleaseH4994 let my sisterH269 TamarH8559 comeH935 and give me some foodH3899 to eatH1262, and let her prepareH6213 the foodH1279 in my sightH5869, that I may seeH7200 it and eatH398 from her handH3027.’”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 13:1 2 Sam 3:2, 3; 1 Chr 3:2 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 13:1 1 Chr 3:9 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 13:1 2 Sam 3:2 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 13:2 Lit hard in Amnon’s eyes ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 13:3 In 1 Sam 16:9, Shammah; in 1 Chr 2:13, Shimea ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 13:3 1 Sam 16:9 ↩

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