And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
A.M.
2 Samuel 3:2,3 And to David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, …
1 Chronicles 3:2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king …
a fair sister
2 Samuel 11:2 And it came to pass in an evening, that David arose from off his …
Genesis 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; …
Genesis 39:6,7 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought …
Proverbs 6:25 Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you …
Proverbs 31:30 Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the …
Tamar
2 Samuel 14:27 And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose …
1 Chronicles 3:9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, …
loved her
2 Samuel 13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred with which he …
Genesis 29:18,20 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years for …
Genesis 34:3 And his soul joined to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved …
1 Kings 11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter …
And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
a friend
Genesis 38:1,2 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, …
Judges 14:20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
Judges 14:20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
Esther 5:10,14 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent …
Esther 6:13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that …
Proverbs 19:6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend …
Shimeah
2 Samuel 13:32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said…
1 Samuel 16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither has the …
Shimeah
subtil man
2 Samuel 14:2,19,20 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched there a wise woman, and said …
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which …
Jeremiah 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are silly …
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, …
James 3:15 This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
Why art
1 Kings 21:7 And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of …
Esther 5:13,14 Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew …
Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to …
lean [heb] thin
from day to day [heb] morning by morning
I love
Isaiah 3:9 The show of their countenance does witness against them; and they …
Jeremiah 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were …
Micah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, …
my brother
Leviticus 18:9 The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or daughter …
Leviticus 20:17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his …
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
Lay thee
2 Samuel 16:21-23 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, …
2 Samuel 17:1-4 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve …
Psalm 50:18,19 When you saw a thief, then you consented with him, and have been …
Proverbs 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the …
Mark 6:24,25 And she went forth, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And …
Acts 23:15 Now therefore you with the council signify to the chief captain that …
So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
she took
Dr. Russell says, `The Eastern ladies often wash their own hands, prepare cakes, pastry, etc. in their apartments; and some few particular dishes are cooked by themselves, but not in their apartments: on such occasions, they go to some room near the kitchen.'
flour. or, paste.
and made cakes. Rather, as Mr. Parrhurst renders, `and tossed it (wattelabbaiv) in his sight, and dressed the {tossed cakes} (halleveevoth).' This will receive illustration from the account which Mr. Jackson gives of the Arabian manner of kneading and baking. `They have a small place built with clay, between two and three feet high, having a hole at the bottom for the convenience of drawing out the ashes, something similar to that of a brick-kiln. The oven is usually about fifteen inches wide at top, and gradually grows wider to the bottom. It is heated with wood; and when sufficiently hot, and perfectly clear from smoke, having nothing but clear embers at bottom, which continue to reflect great heat, they prepare the dough in a large bowl, and mould the cakes to the desired size on a board or stone placed near the oven. After they have kneaded the cake to a proper consistency, they pat it a little, then {toss it about} with great dexterity in one hand till it is as thin as they choose to make it. They then wet one side of it with water, at the same time wetting the hand and arm with which they put it into the oven.'
And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.
And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
force me [heb] humble me
Genesis 34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, …
Deuteronomy 22:29 Then the man that lay with her shall give to the damsel's father …
no such thing ought [heb] it ought not so
Leviticus 18:9,11 The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or daughter …
Leviticus 20:17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his …
folly
Genesis 34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and …
Judges 19:23 And the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said …
Judges 20:6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout …
Proverbs 5:22,23 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be …
Proverbs 7:7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a …
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
spake
Leviticus 19:17,18 You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall in any wise …
Proverbs 25:9 Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and discover not a …
Matthew 18:15 Moreover if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell …
neither good
Genesis 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from …
Genesis 31:24,29 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to …
hated
Leviticus 19:17,18 You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall in any wise …
Proverbs 10:18 He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.
Proverbs 26:24 He that hates dissembles with his lips, and lays up deceit within him;
Proverbs 27:4-6 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy…
Ecclesiastes 7:9 Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Ephesians 4:26,31 Be you angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down on your wrath…
1 John 3:15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer …
And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
pressed
Genesis 19:2,3 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your …
Judges 19:7-10 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: …
Luke 14:23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, …
Luke 24:29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward …
Acts 16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she sought us, saying, …
blessed
2 Samuel 14:22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked …
Ruth 2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, The …
Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
commanded
2 Samuel 11:15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set you Uriah in the forefront …
Exodus 1:16,17 And he said, When you do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, …
1 Samuel 22:17,18 And the king said to the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and …
Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to …
heart is merry
2 Samuel 11:13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and …
Genesis 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Genesis 19:32-35 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, …
Judges 19:6,9,22 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for …
Ruth 3:7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went …
1 Samuel 25:36-38 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, …
1 Kings 20:16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk …
Esther 1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, …
Psalm 104:15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face …
Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a …
Ecclesiastes 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers …
Daniel 5:2-6,30 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine…
Nahum 1:10 For while they be entwined together as thorns, and while they are …
Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged …
fear not
Numbers 22:16,17 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus said Balak the son …
1 Samuel 28:10,13 And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD lives, there …
have not I. or, Will you not, since I have, etc.
Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded you? Be strong and of a good courage; be not …
valiant [heb] sons of valour
And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
servants
1 Samuel 22:18,19 And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests. And …
1 Kings 21:11-13 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were …
2 Kings 1:9-12 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And …
Proverbs 29:12 If a ruler listen to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Micah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, …
gat him up [heb] rode
mule
2 Samuel 18:9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode on a mule, …
Genesis 36:24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was …
Leviticus 19:19 You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle engender …
1 Kings 1:33 The king also said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, …
And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
arose
2 Samuel 12:16 David therefore sought God for the child; and David fasted, and went …
Genesis 37:29,34 And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the …
Joshua 7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before …
Job 1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell …
all his servants
2 Samuel 1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise …
2 Samuel 3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, …
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.
as they servant said [heb] according to the word of thy servant
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
A.M.
Joshua 13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, …
1 Samuel 27:8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the …
but another in Syria; probably the same as that beyond Jordan, whose inhabitants are joined with those of Maachathi
Deuteronomy 3:14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob to the coasts …
Joshua 12:5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, to …
2 Samuel 14:23,32 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem…
2 Samuel 15:8 For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, …
And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
the soul of
Genesis 31:30 And now, though you would needs be gone, because you sore longed …
Deuteronomy 28:32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and …
Philippians 2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that …
longed. or, was consumed
Psalm 84:2 My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart …
Psalm 119:20 My soul breaks for the longing that it has to your judgments at all times.
comforted
2 Samuel 12:23 But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? …
Genesis 24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, …
Genesis 37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but …
Genesis 38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and …
