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

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.’” 6So 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.” Then 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. 9Then she took the tray and served them to him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, “Have everyone leave me.” 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

• Then Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• to the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• for Tamarתָּמָרtâmâr · TamarH8559
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• nowנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• to your brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• Amnon’sאַמְנוֹן'amnôn 'ămîynôn · AmnonH550
• and prepareעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• foodבִּרְיָהbiryâh · 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