2 Samuel 13
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 13 of 24
Chapter Summary
Amnon loves Tamar and pretends to be ill and he rapes her. Absalom comforts her. At a sheepshearing he kills Amnon. Absalom flees to Talmai at Geshur.
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People & Context
David's firstborn who lusts for Tamar, feigns illness, violates her, then is killed at Absalom's feast.
Absalom's beautiful sister, raped by Amnon and left desolate in her brother's house.
David's son who shelters Tamar, has Amnon killed in revenge, then flees to Geshur.
The king, deceived into sending Tamar to Amnon; angered by the crime and mourns over the report.
Shimeah's son, David's shrewd nephew who schemes Amnon's plot and later reassures the king.
King of Geshur, son of Ammihud, to whom Absalom flees for three years.
Timeline
Amnon, David's son, falls deeply in love with his half-sister Tamar, becoming physically ill because she is a virgin and inaccessible.
2 Samuel 13:1-2Amnon's shrewd friend Jonadab advises him to pretend to be sick and ask King David to send Tamar to prepare food for him in his sight.
2 Samuel 13:3-5Amnon feigns illness; David sends Tamar to Amnon's house where she prepares and bakes cakes for him.
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