2 Samuel 13:7

So David sent unto Tamar, in the house—saying,—Come, I pray thee, to the house of Amnon thy brother, and prepare him enticing food.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 took to his bed, and feigned himself ill,—and, when the king came in to see him, Amnon said unto the king—I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make ready before mine eyes a couple of cakes, that I may eat at her hand.

8And Tamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, he having taken to his bed,—and took dough and kneaded it, and folded it before his eyes, and baked the cakes.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:1And he made him houses, in the city of David,—and 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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