2 Samuel 13:1

Now after these things, it happened that Amnon, the son of David, was in love with the very beautiful sister of Absalom, the son of David, and she was called Tamar.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And he pined for her exceedingly, so much so that, out of love for her, he became ill. For, since she was a virgin, it seemed a difficulty to him that he would do anything dishonest with her.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose.

Genesis 29:20Therefore, Jacob served for seven years for Rachel. And these seemed like only a few days, because of the greatness of love.

Genesis 39:6Neither did he know anything other than the bread that he ate. Now Joseph was beautiful in form, and stately in appearance.

2 Samuel 3:3And after him, there was Chileab, from Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel. Then the third was Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur.

2 Samuel 13:15And Amnon held hatred for her with an exceedingly great hatred, so much so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her before. And Amnon said to her, “Rise up, and go away.”

1 Kings 11:1But king Solomon loved many foreign women, including the daughter of Pharaoh, and women of Moab, and of Ammon, and of Idumea, and of Sidon, and of the Hittites.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 13:1

The righteous God had lately told David, by Nathan the prophet, that, to chastise him for his son in the matter of Uriah, he would "raise up evil against him out of his own house," ( ch. xii. 11 ). And here, in the very next chapter, we find the evil beginning to rise; henceforward he was followed with one trouble after another, which made the latter part of his reign less glorious and pleasant than the former part. Thus God chastened him with the rod of men, yet assured him that his "loving-kindness he would not… Read the whole commentary →

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