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1 # And it came to pass after <0310> this, that Absalom <053> the son <01121> of David <01732> had a fair <03303> sister <0269>, whose name <08034> was Tamar <08559>; and Amnon <0550> the son <01121> of David <01732> loved <0157> (8799) her.
2 And Amnon <0550> was so vexed <03334> (8799), that he fell sick <02470> (8692) for his sister <0269> Tamar <08559>; for she was a virgin <01330>; and Amnon <0550> thought <05869> it hard <06381> (8735) for him to do <06213> (8800) any thing <03972> to her.
3 But Amnon <0550> had a friend <07453>, whose name <08034> was Jonadab <03122>, the son <01121> of Shimeah <08093> David's <01732> brother <0251>: and Jonadab <03122> was a very <03966> subtil <02450> man <0376> .
4 And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why art thou, being the king's <04428> son <01121>, lean <01800> from day <01242> to day <01242>? wilt thou not tell <05046> (8686) me? And Amnon <0550> said <0559> (8799) unto him, I love <0157> (8802) Tamar <08559>, my brother <0251> Absalom's <053> sister <0269>.
5 And Jonadab <03082> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Lay thee down <07901> (8798) on thy bed <04904>, and make thyself sick <02470> (8690): and when thy father <01> cometh <0935> (8804) to see <07200> (8800) thee, say <0559> (8804) unto him, I pray thee, let my sister <0269> Tamar <08559> come <0935> (8799), and give <01262> (8686) me meat <03899>, and dress <06213> (8804) the meat <01279> in my sight <05869>, that I may see <07200> (8799) it, and eat <0398> (8804) it at her hand <03027>.
6 So Amnon <0550> lay down <07901> (8799), and made himself sick <02470> (8691): and when the king <04428> was come <0935> (8799) to see <07200> (8800) him, Amnon <0550> said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428> , I pray thee, let Tamar <08559> my sister <0269> come <0935> (8799), and make <03823> (8762) me a couple <08147> of cakes <03834> in my sight <05869>, that I may eat <01262> (8799) at her hand <03027>.
7 Then David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) home <01004> to Tamar <08559>, saying <0559> (8800) , Go <03212> (8798) now to thy brother <0251> Amnon's <0550> house <01004>, and dress <06213> (8798) him meat <01279>.
8 So Tamar <08559> went <03212> (8799) to her brother <0251> Amnon's <0550> house <01004>; and he was laid down <07901> (8802). And she took <03947> (8799) flour <01217>, and kneaded <03888> (8799) it, and made cakes <03823> (8762) in his sight <05869>, and did bake <01310> (8762) the cakes <03834>.
9 And she took <03947> (8799) a pan <04958>, and poured them out <03332> (8799) before <06440> him; but he refused <03985> (8762) to eat <0398> (8800). And Amnon <0550> said <0559> (8799), Have out <03318> (8685) all men <0376> from me. And they went out <03318> (8799) every man <0376> from him.
10 And Amnon <0550> said <0559> (8799) unto Tamar <08559>, Bring <0935> (8685) the meat <01279> into the chamber <02315>, that I may eat <01262> (8799) of thine hand <03027>. And Tamar <08559> took <03947> (8799) the cakes <03834> which she had made <06213> (8804), and brought <0935> (8686) them into the chamber <02315> to Amnon <0550> her brother <0251>.
11 And when she had brought <05066> (8686) them unto him to eat <0398> (8800), he took hold <02388> (8686) of her, and said <0559> (8799) unto her, Come <0935> (8798) lie <07901> (8798) with me, my sister <0269> .
12 And she answered <0559> (8799) him, Nay, my brother <0251>, do not force <06031> (8762) me; for no such thing ought <03651> to be done <06213> (8735) in Israel <03478>: do <06213> (8799) not thou this folly <05039>.
13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame <02781> to go <03212> (8686)? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one <0259> of the fools <05036> in Israel <03478>. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak <01696> (8761) unto the king <04428>; for he will not withhold <04513> (8799) me from thee.
14 Howbeit he would <014> (8804) not hearken <08085> (8800) unto her voice <06963>: but, being stronger <02388> (8799) than she, forced <06031> (8762) her, and lay <07901> (8799) with her.
15 Then Amnon <0550> hated <08130> (8799) her exceedingly <03966> <01419>; so that the hatred <08135> wherewith he hated <08130> (8804) her was greater <01419> than the love <0160> wherewith he had loved <0157> (8804) her. And Amnon <0550> said <0559> (8799) unto her, Arise <06965> (8798), be gone <03212> (8798).
16 And she said <0559> (8799) unto him, There is no cause <0182>: this evil <07451> in sending me away <07971> (8763) is greater <01419> than the other <0312> that thou didst <06213> (8804) unto me. But he would <014> (8804) not hearken <08085> (8800) unto her.
17 Then he called <07121> (8799) his servant <05288> that ministered <08334> (8764) unto him, and said <0559> (8799), Put <07971> (8798) now this woman out <02351> from me, and bolt <05274> (8798) the door <01817> after <0310> her.
18 And she had a garment <03801> of divers colours <06446> upon her: for with such robes <04598> were the king's <04428> daughters <01323> that were virgins <01330> apparelled <03847> (8799). Then his servant <08334> (8764) brought <03318> (8686) her out <02351>, and bolted <05274> (8804) the door <01817> after <0310> her.
19 And Tamar <08559> put <03947> (8799) ashes <0665> on her head <07218>, and rent <07167> (8804) her garment <03801> of divers colours <06446> that was on her, and laid <07760> (8799) her hand <03027> on her head <07218>, and went <03212> (8799) on <01980> (8800) crying <02199> (8804).
20 And Absalom <053> her brother <0251> said <0559> (8799) unto her, Hath Amnon <0550> thy brother <0251> been with thee? but hold now thy peace <02790> (8685), my sister <0269>: he is thy brother <0251>; regard <07896> (8799) <03820> not this thing <01697>. So Tamar <08559> remained <03427> (8799) desolate <08074> (8802) in her brother <0251> Absalom's <053> house <01004>.
21 # But when king <04428> David <01732> heard <08085> (8804) of all these things <01697>, he was very <03966> wroth <02734> (8799).
22 And Absalom <053> spake <01696> (8765) unto his brother Amnon <0550> neither good <02896> nor bad <07451> : for Absalom <053> hated <08130> (8804) Amnon <0550>, because <01697> he had forced <06031> (8765) his sister <0269> Tamar <08559>.
23 And it came to pass after two full <03117> years <08141>, that Absalom <053> had sheepshearers <01494> (8802) in Baalhazor <01178>, which is beside Ephraim <0669>: and Absalom <053> invited <07121> (8799) all the king's <04428> sons <01121>.
24 And Absalom <053> came <0935> (8799) to the king <04428>, and said <0559> (8799), Behold now, thy servant <05650> hath sheepshearers <01494> (8802); let <03212> <00> the king <04428>, I beseech thee, and his servants <05650> go <03212> (8799) with thy servant <05650>.
25 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) to Absalom <053>, Nay, my son <01121>, let us not all now go <03212> (8799), lest we be chargeable <03513> (8799) unto thee. And he pressed <06555> (8799) him: howbeit he would <014> (8804) not go <03212> (8800), but blessed <01288> (8762) him.
26 Then said <0559> (8799) Absalom <053>, If not, I pray thee, let my brother <0251> Amnon <0550> go <03212> (8799) with us. And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why should he go <03212> (8799) with thee?
27 But Absalom <053> pressed <06555> (8799) him, that he let Amnon <0550> and all the king's <04428> sons <01121> go <07971> (8799) with him.
28 Now Absalom <053> had commanded <06680> (8762) his servants <05288>, saying <0559> (8800), Mark <07200> (8798) ye now when Amnon's <0550> heart <03820> is merry <02896> with wine <03196>, and when I say <0559> (8804) unto you, Smite <05221> (8685) Amnon <0550>; then kill <04191> (8689) him, fear <03372> (8799) not: have not I commanded <06680> (8765) you? be courageous <02388> (8798), and be valiant <01121> <02428>.
29 And the servants <05288> of Absalom <053> did <06213> (8799) unto Amnon <0550> as Absalom <053> had commanded <06680> (8765). Then all the king's <04428> sons <01121> arose <06965> (8799), and every man <0376> gat him up <07392> (8799) upon his mule <06505>, and fled <05127> (8799).
30 # And it came to pass, while they were in the way <01870>, that tidings <08052> came <0935> (8804) to David <01732> , saying <0559> (8800), Absalom <053> hath slain <05221> (8689) all the king's <04428> sons <01121>, and there is not one <0259> of them left <03498> (8738).
31 Then the king <04428> arose <06965> (8799), and tare <07167> (8799) his garments <0899>, and lay <07901> (8799) on the earth <0776>; and all his servants <05650> stood <05324> (8737) by with their clothes <0899> rent <07167> (8803).
32 And Jonadab <03122>, the son <01121> of Shimeah <08093> David's <01732> brother <0251>, answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), Let not my lord <0113> suppose <0559> (8799) that they have slain <04191> (8689) all the young men <05288> the king's <04428> sons <01121>; for Amnon <0550> only is dead <04191> (8804) : for by the appointment <06310> of Absalom <053> this hath been determined <07760> (8803) from the day <03117> that he forced <06031> (8763) his sister <0269> Tamar <08559>.
33 Now therefore let not my lord <0113> the king <04428> take <07760> (8799) the thing <01697> to his heart <03820>, to think <0559> (8800) that all the king's <04428> sons <01121> are dead <04191> (8804): for Amnon <0550> only is dead <04191> (8804).
34 But Absalom <053> fled <01272> (8799). And the young man <05288> that kept the watch <06822> (8802) lifted up <05375> (8799) his eyes <05869>, and looked <07200> (8799), and, behold, there came <01980> (8802) much <07227> people <05971> by the way <01870> of the hill <02022> side <06654> behind <0310> him.
35 And Jonadab <03122> said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, Behold, the king's <04428> sons <01121> come <0935> (8804): as thy servant <05650> said <01697>, so it is.
36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end <03615> (8763) of speaking <01696> (8763), that, behold, the king's <04428> sons <01121> came <0935> (8804), and lifted up <05375> (8799) their voice <06963> and wept <01058> (8799): and the king <04428> also and all his servants <05650> wept <01058> (8804) very <03966> sore <01065> <01419>.
37 But Absalom <053> fled <01272> (8804), and went <03212> (8799) to Talmai <08526>, the son <01121> of Ammihud <05991> (8675) <05989>, king <04428> of Geshur <01650>. And David mourned <056> (8691) for his son <01121> every day <03117>.
38 So Absalom <053> fled <01272> (8804), and went <03212> (8799) to Geshur <01650>, and was there three <07969> years <08141>.
39 And the soul of king <04428> David <01732> longed <03615> (8762) to go forth <03318> (8800) unto Absalom <053>: for he was comforted <05162> (8738) concerning Amnon <0550>, seeing he was dead <04191> (8804).