2 Samuel chapter 13 Amnon and Tamur

Now Absalom David's son had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar and after a time Amnon David's

son loved her and Amnan was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar,

for she was a virgin.

It seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Janadab, the son of Shimea, David's brother, and

Janadab was a very crafty man, and he said to him, O son of of the king why are you so haggard morning

after morning will you not tell me Hamnan said to him I love Tamar my brother

Absalom's sister jonadab said to him lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill

and when your father comes to see you say say to him, let my sister Tamar come

and give me bread to eat and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her

hands. 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 might eat from her hand.

Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go to your brother Amnon's house and prepare food

for him.

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house where he was lying down, and she took dough and

kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and baked the cakes.

And she took the pan and emptied it out before him, but he refused to eat.

And Amnon said, send out everyone from me, so everyone went out from him.

Then Amnon said to Tamar, bring the food into the chamber, and I may eat from your hand.

And Tamar took the cakes she had made and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her

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