2 Samuel 13:11

and she brings [them] near to him to eat, and he lays hold on her, and says to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10And Amnon says to Tamar, “Bring the food into the inner chamber, and I eat from your hand”; and Tamar takes the cakes that she has made and brings [them] to her brother Amnon [in] the inner chamber,

12And she says to him, “No, my brother, do not humble me, for it is not done so in Israel; do not do this folly.

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Cross References

Genesis 39:12and she catches him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me”; and he leaves his garment in her hand, and flees, and goes outside.

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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