2 Samuel 13:6

2 Samuel 13:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
• New International Version (NIV)So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, “I would like my sister Tamar to come and make some special bread in my sight, so I may eat from her hand.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. And when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let Tamar my sister come and make a couple of cakes for me in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”

Context of 2 Samuel 13:6

4And he said to him, “Why are you, the king’s son, so depressed morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” So Amnon said to him, “I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.” 5Jonadab then said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill; when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please have my sister Tamar come and give me food to eat, and have her prepare the food in my sight, so that I may see it and eat from her hand.’” So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill; when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please have my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of pastries in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.” 7Then David sent a messenger to the house for Tamar, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.” 8So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house, and he was lying in bed. And she took dough, kneaded it, made pastries in his sight, and baked the pastries.

2 Samuel 13:6 word by word

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב אַמְנ֖וֹן וַיִּתְחָ֑ל וַיָּבֹ֨א הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לִרְאֹת֗וֹ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אַמְנ֤וֹן אֶל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ תָּֽבוֹא־נָ֞א תָּמָ֣ר אֲחֹתִ֗י וּתְלַבֵּ֤ב לְעֵינַי֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י לְבִב֔וֹת וְאֶבְרֶ֖ה מִיָּדָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• So Amnonאַמְנוֹן'amnôn 'ămîynôn · AmnonH550
• layשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• downשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• and pretendedחָלָהchâlâh · be weak: weakH2470
• when the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• have my sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• Tamarתָּמָרtâmâr · TamarH8559
• makeלִבֵּבlâbab · to bakeH3823
• me a coupleשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• of pastriesלְבִבָהlâbîybâh lebibâh · cakeH3834
• in my sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• so that I may eatבָּרָהbârâh · to eatH1262
• from her handיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 13:6

• Genesis 18:6So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly, prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread cakes.”
• Matthew 13:33He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three sata of flour until it was all leavened.”

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 13:6

• 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 13:6

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

In the dictionaries

• Amnon
• Tamar
• David
• Desolate
• Jehonadab
• Suppose
• Bible, the
• Couple
• Crime; Crimes
• Feign

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