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Second Samuel chapter 13, verses 1 through 22, you may as well take a deep breath.

Thank you Lord that you speak.

You speak in hard truths as well as those we embrace so easily.

In the course of time, Amnon, son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister

of Absalom's son of David.

Amnon became frustrated to the point of illness on account of his sister, Tamar, where she

was a virgin and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.

Help us Lord.

Now Amnon had a friend named John Adab, son of Shimaeah, David's brother, John Adab was

a very shrewd man.

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, and here comes

the idea.

Go to bed and pretend to be ill, John Adab 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.

So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill.

When the king came to see him and said to him, I would like my sister Tamar to come and

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