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It seemed impossible for him to be alone with her because she was a virgin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Amnon had a friend by the name of Jonadab, a son of David's brother Shimea. Jonadab was a very clever man. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He asked Amnon, "Why are you, the king's son, so worn out morning after morning? Won't you tell me?" "I'm in love with Absalom's sister Tamar," he answered. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then Jonadab told him, "Lie down on your bed. Act sick, and when your father comes to see you, say to him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come to feed me. She can prepare a meal in front of me as I watch her, and she can feed me.'" <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So Amnon lay down and acted sick, and the king came to see him. Amnon asked the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come and make some bread in front of me, and she can feed me."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>David sent for Tamar at the palace. "Please go to your brother Amnon's home," he said, "and prepare some food for him." <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's home. He was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made flat bread in front of him, and cooked it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then she took the pan and served him [the bread]. But he refused to eat. "Have everyone leave me," he said. So everyone left him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Amnon told Tamar, "Bring the food into the bedroom so that you can feed me." Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in the bedroom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When she handed it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, "Come to bed with me, Tamar!" <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>"No," she told him, "don't rape me! That shouldn't be done in Israel. Don't do this godless act! <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Where could I go in my disgrace? And you will be considered one of the godless fools in Israel! Speak to the king. He won't refuse your request to marry me." <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But Amnon wouldn't listen to her. He grabbed his sister and raped her.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now, Amnon developed an intense hatred for her. His hatred for her was greater than the lust he had felt for her. "Get out of here," he told her. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>She said to him, "No, sending me away is a greater wrong than the other thing you did to me!" But he wouldn't listen to her. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then he called his personal servant and said, "Get rid of her. Put her out, and bolt the door behind her." <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>(She was wearing a long-sleeved gown. The king's virgin daughters wore this kind of robe.) So his servant took her out and bolted the door behind her. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Tamar put ashes on her head, tore the long-sleeved gown she had on, put her hands on her head, and went away crying.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Her brother Absalom asked her, "Has your brother Amnon been with you? Sister, be quiet for now. He's your brother. Don't dwell on this matter." So Tamar stayed there at the home of her brother Absalom and was depressed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When King David heard about this, he became very angry. But David didn't punish his son Amnon. He favored Amnon because he was his firstborn son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Absalom wouldn't speak at all to Amnon. He hated Amnon for raping his sister Tamar.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Two years later Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal Hazor near Ephraim. He invited all the king's sons. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Absalom went to the king and said, "Since I have sheepshearers, Your Majesty and your officials are invited [to feast] with me." <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>"No, Son," the king answered Absalom. "If we all go, we'll be a burden to you." Even when Absalom continued to urge him, David did not want to go, though he did give Absalom his blessing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>So Absalom said, "If you won't go, then please let my brother Amnon go with us." "Why should he go with you?" the king asked him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But when Absalom urged him, he let Amnon and all [the rest of] the king's sons go with him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then Absalom gave an order to his servants. "Watch now," he said. "When Amnon begins to feel good from drinking [too much] wine, I'll tell you, 'Attack Amnon.' Then kill him. Don't be afraid. I've given you the order, haven't I? Be strong and courageous." <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Absalom's servants did to Amnon as Absalom had ordered. Then all the king's sons got up, mounted their mules, and fled.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>While they were on their way, David heard this rumor: "Absalom has killed all the king's sons, and not a single one is left." <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing beside him with their clothes torn [to show their grief]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Then Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimea, said, "Sir, don't think that all the young men, all the king's sons, have been killed. Only Amnon is dead. Absalom decided to do this the day his half brother raped his sister Tamar. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>You shouldn't burden your heart with the idea that all the king's sons are dead, Your Majesty. Only Amnon is dead.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Absalom has fled." When the servant who kept watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road beside the mountain west of him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Then Jonadab told the king, "The king's sons have come. It's just as I said." <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>When he finished speaking, the king's sons arrived and cried loudly. The king and all his men also cried very bitterly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Absalom, however, fled to Geshur's King Talmai, Ammihud's son. But the king mourned for his son Amnon every day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Absalom, having fled to Geshur, stayed there three years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>King David began to long for Absalom once people had consoled him over Amnon's death.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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