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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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18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar that is in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in remembrance.” He called the pillar by his own name; it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.(A)

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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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30 Thus says the Lord:
Record this man as childless,
    a man who shall not succeed in his days,
for none of his offspring shall succeed
    in sitting on the throne of David
    and ruling again in Judah.(A)

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22 I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, offspring and posterity, says the Lord.(A)

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16 Their roots dry up beneath,
    and their branches wither above.(A)
17 Their memory perishes from the earth,
    and they have no name in the street.(B)
18 They are thrust from light into darkness
    and driven out of the world.
19 They have no offspring or descendant among their people
    and no survivor where they used to live.(C)

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