25 But the King answered Absalom, Nay my son, I pray thee, let us not go all, lest we be chargeable unto thee. Yet Absalom lay sore upon him: howbeit he would not go, but [a]thanked him.

26 Then said Absalom, But, I pray thee, shall not my brother [b]Amnon go with us? And the king answered him, Why should he go with thee?

27 But Absalom was instant upon him, and he sent Amnon with him, and all the king’s children.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 13:25 Hebrew, blessed.
  2. 2 Samuel 13:26 Pretending to the king that Amnon was most dear unto him.

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