ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 13
1. And it came to pass after[H310] this[H53], that Absalom the son[H1121] of David[H1732] had a fair[H3303] sister[H269], whose name[H8034] was Tamar[H8559]; and Amnon[H550] the son[H1121] of David[H1732] loved her[H157].
2. And Amnon[H550] was so vexed[H3334] that he fell sick[H2470] because of his sister[H269] Tamar[H8559]; for she was a virgin[H1330]; and it seemed[H5869] hard[H6381] to Amnon[H550] to do[H6213] anything unto her[H3972].
3. But Amnon[H550] had a friend[H7453], whose name[H8034] was Jonadab[H3122], the son[H1121] of Shimeah[H8093], David[H1732]'s brother[H251]; and Jonadab[H3122] was a very[H3966] subtle[H2450] man[H376].
4. And he said[H559] unto him[H1121], Why, O son of the king[H4428], art thou thus lean[H1800] from day[H1242] to day[H1242]? wilt thou not tell[H5046] me[H550]? And Amnon said[H559] unto him[H157], I love Tamar[H8559], my brother[H251] Absalom[H53]'s sister[H269].
5. And Jonadab[H3082] said[H559] unto him[H7901], Lay thee down on thy bed[H4904], and feign thyself sick[H2470]: and when thy father[H1] cometh[H935] to see[H7200] thee[H559], say unto him[H269], Let my sister Tamar[H8559] come[H935], I pray thee[H1262], and give me bread[H3899] to eat[H6213], and dress the food[H3899] in my sight[H5869], that I may see[H7200] it[H398], and eat it from her hand[H3027].
6. So Amnon[H550] lay down[H7901], and feigned himself sick[H2470]: and when the king[H4428] was come[H935] to see[H7200] him[H550], Amnon said[H559] unto the king[H4428], Let her sister[H269] Tamar[H8559] come[H935], I pray thee[H3823], and make me a couple[H8147] of cakes[H3834] in my sight[H5869], that I may eat[H1262] from her hand[H3027].
7. Then David[H1732] sent[H7971] home[H1004] to Tamar[H8559], saying[H559], Go[H3212] now to thy brother[H251] Amnon[H550]'s house[H1004], and dress[H6213] him food[H1279].
8. So Tamar[H8559] went[H3212] to her brother[H251] Amnon[H550]'s house[H1004]; and he was laid down[H7901]. And she took[H3947] dough[H1217], and kneaded[H3888] it[H3823], and made cakes in his sight[H5869], and did bake[H1310] the cakes[H3834].
9. And she took[H3947] the pan[H4958], and poured them out[H3332] before[H6440] him[H3985]; but he refused to eat[H398]. And Amnon[H550] said[H559], Have out[H3318] all men[H376] from me[H3318]. And they went out every man from him[H376].
10. And Amnon[H550] said[H559] unto Tamar[H8559], Bring[H935] the food[H1279] into the chamber[H2315], that I may eat[H1262] from thy hand[H3027]. And Tamar[H8559] took[H3947] the cakes[H3834] which she had made[H6213], and brought[H935] them into the chamber[H2315] to Amnon[H550] her brother[H251].
11. And when she had brought[H5066] them near unto him to eat[H398], he took hold[H2388] of her[H559], and said unto her[H935], Come, lie[H7901] with me[H269], my sister.
12. And she answered[H559] him[H251], Nay, my brother, do not force[H6031] me[H3651]; for no such thing ought to be done[H6213] in Israel[H3478]: do[H6213] not thou this folly[H5039].
13. And I[H3212], whither shall I carry my shame[H2781]? and as for thee[H259], thou wilt be as one of the fools[H5036] in Israel[H3478]. Now therefore[H1696], I pray thee, speak unto the king[H4428]; for he will not withhold me from thee[H4513].
14. Howbeit he would[H14] not hearken[H8085] unto her voice[H6963]; but being stronger[H2388] than she[H6031], he forced her[H7901], and lay with her.
15. Then Amnon[H550] hated[H8130] her with exceeding great hatred[H8135]; for the hatred[H8135] wherewith he hated[H8130] her was greater[H1419] than the love[H160] wherewith he had loved[H160] her[H550]. And Amnon said[H559] unto her[H6965], Arise, be gone[H3212].
16. And she said[H559] unto him[H182], Not so, because this great wrong[H7451] in putting me forth[H7971] is worse[H1419] than the other[H312] that thou didst[H6213] unto me[H14]. But he would not hearken unto her[H8085].
17. Then he called[H7121] his servant[H5288] that ministered[H8334] unto him[H559], and said, Put[H7971] now this woman out[H2351] from me[H5274], and bolt the door[H1817] after her[H310].
18. And she had a garment[H3801] of divers colors[H6446] upon her[H4598]; for with such robes were the king[H4428]'s daughters[H1323] that were virgins[H1330] apparelled[H3847]. Then his servant[H8334] brought[H3318] her out[H2351], and bolted[H5274] the door[H1817] after her[H310].
19. And Tamar[H8559] put[H3947] ashes[H665] on her head[H7218], and rent[H7167] her garment[H3801] of divers colors[H6446] that was on her[H7760]; and she laid her hand[H3027] on[H1980] her head[H7218], and went[H3212] her way[H2199], crying aloud as she went.
20. And Absalom[H53] her brother[H251] said[H559] unto her[H550], Hath Amnon thy brother[H251] been with thee[H2790]? but now hold thy peace, my sister[H269]: he is thy brother[H251]; take[H7896] not this thing[H1697] to heart[H8559]. So Tamar remained[H3427] desolate[H8074] in her brother[H251] Absalom[H53]'s house[H1004].
21. But when king[H4428] David[H1732] heard[H8085] of all these things[H1697], he was very[H3966] wroth[H2734].
22. And Absalom[H53] spake[H1696] unto Amnon[H550] neither good[H2896] nor bad[H7451]; for Absalom[H53] hated[H8130] Amnon[H550], because[H1697] he had forced[H6031] his sister[H269] Tamar[H8559].
23. And it came to pass after two full[H3117] years[H8141], that Absalom[H53] had sheep-shearers[H1494] in Baal-hazor[H1178], which is beside Ephraim[H669]: and Absalom[H53] invited[H7121] all the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121].
24. And Absalom[H53] came[H935] to the king[H4428], and said[H559], Behold now[H5650], thy servant hath sheep-shearers[H1494]; let[H3212] the king[H4428], I pray thee[H5650], and his servants go[H3212] with thy servant[H5650].
25. And the king[H4428] said[H559] to Absalom[H53], Nay[H1121], my son, let us not all go[H3212], lest we be burdensome[H3513] unto thee[H6555]. And he pressed him[H14]: howbeit he would not go[H3212], but blessed him[H1288].
26. Then said[H559] Absalom[H53], If not[H251], I pray thee, let my brother Amnon[H550] go[H3212] with us[H4428]. And the king said[H559] unto him[H3212], Why should he go with thee?
27. But Absalom[H53] pressed[H6555] him[H550], and he let Amnon and all the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121] go with him[H7971].
28. And Absalom[H53] commanded[H6680] his servants[H5288], saying[H559], Mark[H7200] ye now[H550], when Amnon's heart[H3820] is merry[H2896] with wine[H3196]; and when I say[H559] unto you[H5221], Smite Amnon[H550], then kill[H4191] him[H3372]; fear not[H6680]; have not I commanded you[H2388]? be courageous, and be valiant[H1121].
29. And the servants[H5288] of Absalom[H53] did[H6213] unto Amnon[H550] as Absalom[H53] had commanded[H6680]. Then all the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121] arose[H6965], and every man[H376] gat him up[H7392] upon his mule[H6505], and fled[H5127].
30. And it came to pass[H1870], while they were in the way, that the tidings[H8052] came[H935] to David[H1732], saying[H559], Absalom[H53] hath slain[H5221] all the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121], and there is not one[H259] of them left[H3498].
31. Then the king[H4428] arose[H6965], and rent[H7167] his garments[H899], and lay[H7901] on the earth[H776]; and all his servants[H5650] stood[H5324] by with their clothes[H899] rent[H7167].
32. And Jonadab[H3122], the son[H1121] of Shimeah[H8093], David[H1732]'s brother[H251], answered[H6030] and said[H559], Let not my lord[H113] suppose[H559] that they have killed[H4191] all the young men[H5288] the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121]; for Amnon[H550] only is dead[H4191]; for by the appointment[H6310] of Absalom[H53] this hath been determined[H7760] from the day[H3117] that he forced[H6031] his sister[H269] Tamar[H8559].
33. Now therefore let not my lord[H113] the king[H4428] take[H7760] the thing[H1697] to his heart[H3820], to think[H559] that all the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121] are dead[H4191]; for Amnon[H550] only is dead[H4191].
34. But Absalom[H53] fled[H1272]. And the young man[H5288] that kept the watch[H6822] lifted up[H5375] his eyes[H5869], and looked[H7200], and[H1980], behold, there came much[H7227] people[H5971] by the way[H1870] of the hill-side[H2022, 6654] behind him[H310].
35. And Jonadab[H3122] said[H559] unto the king[H4428], Behold[H4428], the king's sons[H1121] are come[H935]: as thy servant[H5650] said[H1697], so it is.
36. And it came to pass[H3615], as soon as he had made an end of speaking[H1696], that[H4428], behold, the king's sons[H1121] came[H935], and lifted up[H5375] their voice[H6963], and wept[H1058]: and the king[H4428] also and all his servants[H5650] wept[H1058] very[H3966] sore[H1065].
37. But Absalom[H53] fled[H1272], and went[H3212] to Talmai[H8526] the son[H1121] of Ammihur[H5991], king[H4428] of Geshur[H1650]. And David mourned[H56] for his son[H1121] every day[H3117].
38. So Absalom[H53] fled[H1272], and went[H3212] to Geshur[H1650], and was there three[H7969] years[H8141].
39. And the soul of king[H4428] David[H1732] longed[H3615] to go forth[H3318] unto Absalom[H53]: for he was comforted[H5162] concerning Amnon[H550], seeing he was dead[H4191].
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