2 Samuel 13:7

Then did David send home to Thamar, saying, Do go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and prepare for him the refreshment.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and dress him meat.

In Context

6So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, Let, I pray thee, Thamar my sister come, and mix up before my eyes a couple of cakes, that I may enjoy them out of her hand.

8So Thamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, and he was lying down; and she took the dough and kneaded, and mixed it up before his eyes, and baked the cakes;

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:1And [David] made himself houses in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 13:2-21

Amnon's Incest. ( b. c. 1032.) 1 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. 2 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. 3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtle man. 4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to… Read the whole commentary →

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