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2 Samuel 13:5-7
International Standard Version
2 Samuel 13:5-7
International Standard Version
5 Jonadab advised him, “Lie down and pretend to be sick. When your father visits you, ask him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat that she prepares especially for me,[a] and after she makes dinner for me, let her feed it to me personally.’”[b]
6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came to visit him, Amnon asked the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make some of her bread especially for me,[c] so she can feed it to me personally.”[d]
7 So David sent for Tamar back at the palace, telling her, “Please go to your brother Amnon’s home and prepare some food for him.”
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- 2 Samuel 13:5 Lit. prepares in my sight
- 2 Samuel 13:5 Lit. it from her hand
- 2 Samuel 13:6 Lit. bread in my sight
- 2 Samuel 13:6 Lit. it from her hand
2 Samuel 13:5-7
New International Version
2 Samuel 13:5-7
New International Version
5 “Go to bed and pretend to be ill,” Jonadab 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.’”
6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, “I would like my sister Tamar to come and make some special bread in my sight, so I may eat from her hand.”
7 David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.”
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