2 Samuel 13:1
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Amnon and Tamar
13 Some time passed. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and David’s son Amnon fell in love with her.(A)
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1 Chronicles 3:9
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9 All these were David’s sons, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.(A)
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1 Chronicles 3:2
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2 the third Absalom, son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, son of Haggith;
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2 Samuel 3:2-3
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2 Sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam of Jezreel;(A) 3 his second was Chileab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third was Absalom son of Maacah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;(B)
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2 Samuel 14:27
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27 There were born to Absalom three sons and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a beautiful woman.(A)
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Proverbs 31:30
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30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.(A)
Proverbs 6:25
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25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes,(A)
1 Kings 11:1
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Solomon’s Errors
11 King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,(A)
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2 Samuel 13:15
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15 Then Amnon was seized with a very great loathing for her; indeed, his loathing was even greater than the lust he had felt for her. Amnon said to her, “Get out!”
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2 Samuel 11:2
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2 It happened, late one afternoon when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful.(A)
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Genesis 39:6-7
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6 So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and with him there he had no concern for anything but the food that he ate.
Now Joseph was handsome and good-looking. 7 And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”(A)
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Genesis 34:3
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3 And his soul was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
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Genesis 29:20
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20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.
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Genesis 29:18
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18 Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”(A)
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Genesis 6:2
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2 the sons of God saw that they were fair, and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose.(A)
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