2 Samuel 13 (NET)

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2 Samuel 13:1¹Now David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. In the course of time David’s son Amnon fell madly in love with her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 3:9 2 Sam 3:2-3 1 Chr 3:2 2 Sam 13:15 2 Sam 14:27 1 Kgs 11:1 2 Sam 11:2 Gen 29:18 Gen 29:20 Gen 34:3

2 Samuel 13:2²But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:4 2 Cor 7:10 Song 5:8

2 Samuel 13:3³Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:9 1 Cor 3:19 2 Sam 13:32 2 Sam 14:19-20 2 Sam 14:2 Esth 5:10 Esth 5:14 Esth 6:13 Gen 3:1 Gen 38:1

2 Samuel 13:4⁴He asked Amnon, “Why are you, the king’s son, so depressed every morning? Can’t you tell me?” So Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Esth 5:13-14 Isa 3:9 Jer 8:12 Lev 18:9 Lev 20:17 Luke 12:32 Mic 7:3 1 Kgs 21:7

2 Samuel 13:5⁵Jonadab replied to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes in to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can fix some food for me. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I can watch. Then I will eat from her hand.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 6:24-25 2 Sam 16:21-17:4 Acts 23:15 Prov 19:27 Ps 50:18-19

2 Samuel 13:6⁶So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came in to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can make a couple of cakes in my sight. Then I will eat from her hand.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 18:6 Matt 13:33

2 Samuel 13:7⁷So David sent Tamar to the house saying, “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare some food for him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Samuel 13:8⁸So Tamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, who was lying down. She took the dough, kneaded it, made some cakes while he watched, and baked them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Samuel 13:9⁹But when she took the pan and set it before him, he refused to eat. Instead Amnon said, “Get everyone out of here!” So everyone left.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 45:1 John 3:20 Judg 3:19

2 Samuel 13:10¹⁰Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the cakes into the bedroom; then I will eat from your hand.” So Tamar took the cakes that she had prepared and brought them to her brother Amnon in the bedroom.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Samuel 13:11¹¹As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come on! Get in bed with me, my sister!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 39:11-12

2 Samuel 13:12¹²But she said to him, “No, my brother! Don’t humiliate me! This just isn’t done in Israel! Don’t do this foolish thing!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 19:23 Judg 20:6 Lev 20:17 Gen 34:7 Lev 18:11 Lev 18:9 Deut 22:29 Gen 34:2 Prov 5:22-23 Prov 7:7

2 Samuel 13:13¹³How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools in Israel! Just speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 19:8 Gen 20:12 Judg 19:24

2 Samuel 13:14¹⁴But he refused to listen to her. He overpowered her and humiliated her by raping her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 12:11 Deut 22:25-27 Esth 7:8 Judg 20:5

2 Samuel 13:15¹⁵Then Amnon greatly despised her. His disdain toward her surpassed the love he had previously felt toward her. Amnon said to her, “Get up and leave!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 23:17

2 Samuel 13:16¹⁶But she said to him, “No I won’t, for sending me away now would be worse than what you did to me earlier!” But he refused to listen to her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Samuel 13:17¹⁷He called his personal attendant and said to him, “Take this woman out of my sight and lock the door behind her!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Samuel 13:18¹⁸(Now she was wearing a long robe, for this is what the king’s virgin daughters used to wear.) So Amnon’s attendant removed her and bolted the door behind her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:3 Judg 5:30 Gen 37:23 Gen 37:32 Ps 45:13-14

2 Samuel 13:19¹⁹Then Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went on her way, wailing as she went.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 2:37 Josh 7:6 2 Sam 1:11 2 Sam 1:2 1 Sam 4:12 Esth 4:1 Job 2:12 Job 42:6

2 Samuel 13:20²⁰Her brother Absalom said to her, “Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take it so seriously!” Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 12:19 Gen 34:2 Gen 46:15 Prov 26:24

2 Samuel 13:21²¹Now King David heard about all these things and was very angry.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 34:7 1 Sam 2:22-25 1 Sam 2:29 2 Sam 12:10 2 Sam 12:5 2 Sam 3:28-29 Ps 101:8

2 Samuel 13:22²²But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 31:24 Lev 19:17-18 1 John 2:11 1 John 3:15 Gen 24:50 1 John 2:9 Eccl 7:9 Eph 4:26 Eph 4:31 Gen 31:29

2 Samuel 13:23²³Two years later Absalom’s sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king’s sons.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 25:4 Gen 38:12-13 1 Kgs 1:19 1 Kgs 1:25 1 Kgs 1:9 1 Sam 25:2 1 Sam 25:36 1 Sam 25:7 2 Chr 26:10 2 Kgs 3:4

2 Samuel 13:24²⁴Then Absalom went to the king and said, “My shearers have begun their work. Let the king and his servants go with me.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 11:8-15 Jer 41:6-7 Ps 12:2 Ps 55:21

2 Samuel 13:25²⁵But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son. We shouldn’t all go. We shouldn’t burden you in that way.” Though Absalom pressed him, the king was not willing to go. Instead, David blessed him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 14:22 Acts 16:15 Gen 19:2-3 Judg 19:7-10 Luke 14:23 Luke 24:29 Ruth 2:4

2 Samuel 13:26²⁶Then Absalom said, “If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king replied to him, “Why should he go with you?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 11:13-15 2 Sam 20:9 2 Sam 3:27 Ps 55:21

2 Samuel 13:27²⁷But when Absalom pressed him, he sent Amnon and all the king’s sons along with him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 26:24-26

2 Samuel 13:28²⁸Absalom instructed his servants, “Look! When Amnon is drunk and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 19:6 Judg 19:22 Judg 19:9 1 Sam 25:36-38 Nah 1:10 Ruth 3:7 1 Kgs 20:16 1 Sam 22:17-18 1 Sam 28:13 2 Sam 11:13

2 Samuel 13:29²⁹So Absalom’s servants did to Amnon exactly what Absalom had instructed. Then all the king’s sons got up; each one rode away on his mule and fled.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 1:33 2 Sam 18:9 1 Kgs 21:11-13 1 Sam 22:18-19 2 Kgs 1:9-12 Gen 36:24 Lev 19:19 Mic 7:3 Prov 29:12

2 Samuel 13:30³⁰While they were still on their way, the following report reached David: “Absalom has killed all the king’s sons; not one of them is left!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Samuel 13:31³¹Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 1:11 2 Sam 12:16 2 Sam 3:31 Gen 37:29 Gen 37:34 Job 1:20 Josh 7:6

2 Samuel 13:32³²Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, said, “My lord should not say, ‘They have killed all the young men who are the king’s sons.’ For only Amnon is dead. This is what Absalom has talked about from the day that Amnon humiliated his sister Tamar.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:9 2 Sam 13:3 Gen 27:41 Prov 24:11-12 Ps 7:14

2 Samuel 13:33³³Now don’t let my lord the king be concerned about the report that has come saying, ‘All the king’s sons are dead.’ It is only Amnon who is dead.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 19:19

2 Samuel 13:34³⁴In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west on a road beside the hill.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 13:37-38 Amos 5:19 Gen 4:8-14 Prov 28:17

2 Samuel 13:35³⁵Jonadab said to the king, “Look! The king’s sons have come! It’s just as I said.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Samuel 13:36³⁶Just as he finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived, wailing and weeping. The king and all his servants wept loudly as well.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 12:21 2 Sam 13:15 2 Sam 18:33

2 Samuel 13:37³⁷But Absalom fled and went to King Talmai son of Ammihud of Geshur. And David grieved over his son every day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 3:3 2 Sam 14:23 1 Chr 3:2 2 Sam 13:34 2 Sam 14:32

2 Samuel 13:38³⁸After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he remained there for three years.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 14:23 2 Sam 14:32 2 Sam 15:8

2 Samuel 13:39³⁹The king longed to go to Absalom, for he had since been consoled over the death of Amnon.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 24:67 Gen 37:35 Gen 38:12 2 Sam 12:19-23 Deut 28:32 Gen 31:30 Phil 2:26 Ps 119:20 Ps 84:2