2 Samuel 13:17

Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”

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In The King James Version

Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

In Context

16“No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.

18So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.

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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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