2Samuel:13:1-22
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And it came to pass after this ,
that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister ,
whose name was Tamar ;
and Amnon the son of David loved her .
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And Amnon was so vexed ,
that he fell sick for his sister Tamar ;
for she was a virgin ;
and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her .
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But Amnon had a friend ,
whose name was Jonadab ,
the son of Shimeah David '
s brother :
and Jonadab was a very subtil man .
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And he said unto him ,
Why art thou ,
being the king '
s son ,
lean from day to day ?
wilt thou not tell me ?
And Amnon said unto him ,
I love Tamar ,
my brother Absalom '
s sister .
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And Jonadab said unto him ,
Lay thee down on thy bed ,
and make thyself sick :
and when thy father cometh to see thee ,
say unto him ,
I pray thee ,
let my sister Tamar come ,
and give me meat ,
and dress the meat in my sight ,
that I may see it ,
and eat it at her hand .
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So Amnon lay down ,
and made himself sick :
and when the king was come to see him ,
Amnon said unto the king ,
I pray thee ,
let Tamar my sister come ,
and make me a couple of cakes in my sight ,
that I may eat at her hand .
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Then David sent home to Tamar ,
saying ,
Go now to thy brother Amnon '
s house ,
and dress him meat .
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So Tamar went to her brother Amnon '
s house ;
and he was laid down .
And she took flour ,
and kneaded it ,
and made cakes in his sight ,
and did bake the cakes .
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And she took a pan ,
and poured them out before him ;
but he refused to eat .
And Amnon said ,
Have out all men from me .
And they went out every man from him .
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And Amnon said unto Tamar ,
Bring the meat into the chamber ,
that I may eat of thine hand .
And Tamar took the cakes which she had made ,
and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother .
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And when she had brought them unto him to eat ,
he took hold of her ,
and said unto her ,
Come lie with me ,
my sister .
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And she answered him ,
Nay ,
my brother ,
do not force me ;
for no such thing ought to be done in Israel :
do not thou this folly .
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And I ,
whither shall I cause my shame to go ?
and as for thee ,
thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel .
Now therefore ,
I pray thee ,
speak unto the king ;
for he will not withhold me from thee .
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Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice :
but ,
being stronger than she ,
forced her ,
and lay with her .
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Then Amnon hated her exceedingly ;
so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her .
And Amnon said unto her ,
Arise ,
be gone .
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And she said unto him ,
There is no cause :
this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me .
But he would not hearken unto her .
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Then he called his servant that ministered unto him ,
and said ,
Put now this woman out from me ,
and bolt the door after her .
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And she had a garment of divers colours upon her :
for with such robes were the king '
s daughters that were virgins apparelled .
Then his servant brought her out ,
and bolted the door after her .
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And Tamar put ashes on her head ,
and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her ,
and laid her hand on her head ,
and went on crying .
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And Absalom her brother said unto her ,
Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee ?
but hold now thy peace ,
my sister :
he is thy brother ;
regard not this thing .
So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom '
s house .
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But when king David heard of all these things ,
he was very wroth .
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And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad :
for Absalom hated Amnon ,
because he had forced his sister Tamar .