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2 Samuel 13 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Amnon and Tamar

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:1 - In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:3 - Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - He asked Amnon, “Why do you, the king’s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - “Go to bed and pretend to be ill,” Jonadab said. “When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - 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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:7 - David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:8 - So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made the bread in his sight and baked it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:9 - Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone out of here,” Amnon said. So everyone left him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:10 - Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:11 - But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, “Come to bed with me, my sister.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12 - “No, my brother!” she said to him. “Don’t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don’t do this wicked thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:14 - But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:15 - Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Get up and get out!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:16 - “No!” she said to him. “Sending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.” But he refused to listen to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:17 - He called his personal servant and said, “Get this woman out of my sight and bolt the door after her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:18 - So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was wearing an ornate[fn] robe, for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the king wore.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20 - Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom’s house, a desolate woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:21 - When King David heard all this, he was furious.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22 - And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.

Absalom Kills Amnon

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:23 - Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king’s sons to come there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:24 - Absalom went to the king and said, “Your servant has had shearers come. Will the king and his attendants please join me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:25 - “No, my son,” the king replied. “All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:26 - Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.” The king asked him, “Why should he go with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:27 - But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king’s sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:28 - Absalom ordered his men, “Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:29 - So Absalom’s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king’s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:30 - While they were on their way, the report came to David: “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons; not one of them is left.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:31 - The king stood up, tore his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said, “My lord should not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom’s express intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:33 - My lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the king’s sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:34 - Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. Now the man standing watch looked up and saw many people on the road west of him, coming down the side of the hill. The watchman went and told the king, “I see men in the direction of Horonaim, on the side of the hill.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:35 - Jonadab said to the king, “See, the king’s sons have come; it has happened just as your servant said.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:36 - As he finished speaking, the king’s sons came in, wailing loudly. The king, too, and all his attendants wept very bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:38 - After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:39 - And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he was consoled concerning Amnon’s death.
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NIV Footnotes
The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 19.
Septuagint; Hebrew does not have this sentence.
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