2 Samuel 13:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
13 14 Amnon David’s son defileth his sister Tamar. 20 Tamar is comforted by her brother Absalom. 29 Absalom therefore killeth Amnon.
1 Now after this, so it was, that Absalom the son of David having a fair sister, whose name was [a]Tamar, Amnon the son of David loved her.
2 And Amnon was so sore vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar: for she was a [b]virgin, and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.
3 But Amnon had a friend called Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtle man,
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- 2 Samuel 13:1 Tamar was Absalom’s sister both by father and mother, and Amnon’s only by father.
- 2 Samuel 13:2 And therefore kept in her father’s house, as virgins were accustomed.
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