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1. Now David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. In the course of time David's son Amnon fell madly in love with her.
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1. And it came to pass H1961 after H310 this H3651 , that Absalom H53 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 H157 her.
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2. But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.
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2. And Amnon H550 was so vexed H6887 , that he fell sick H2470 for H5668 his sister H269 Tamar H8559 ; for H3588 she H1931 was a virgin H1330 ; and Amnon H550 thought H5869 it hard H6381 for him to do H6213 any thing H3972 to her.
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3. Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man.
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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 .
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4. He asked Amnon, "Why are you, the king's son, so depressed every morning? Can't you tell me?" So Amnon said to him, "I'm in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom."
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4. And he said H559 unto him, Why H4069 art thou H859 , being the king H4428 's son H1121 , lean H3602 H1800 from day H1242 to day H1242 ? wilt thou not H3808 tell H5046 me? And Amnon H550 said H559 unto him, I H589 love H157 H853 Tamar H8559 , my brother H251 Absalom H53 's sister H269 .
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5. Jonadab replied to him, "Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes in to see you, say to him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can fix some food for me. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I can watch. Then I will eat from her hand.'"
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5. And Jonadab H3122 said H559 unto him , Lay thee down H7901 on H5921 thy bed H4904 , and make thyself sick H2470 : and when thy father H1 cometh H935 to see H7200 thee, say H559 unto H413 him , I pray thee H4994 , let my sister H269 Tamar H8559 come H935 , and give H1262 me meat H3899 , and dress H6213 H853 the meat H1279 in my sight H5869 , that H4616 H834 I may see H7200 it , and eat H398 it at her hand H4480 H3027 .
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6. So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came in to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can make a couple of cakes in my sight. Then I will eat from her hand."
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6. So Amnon H550 lay down H7901 , and made himself sick H2470 : and when the king H4428 was come H935 to see H7200 him, Amnon H550 said H559 unto H413 the king H4428 , I pray thee H4994 , let Tamar H8559 my sister H269 come H935 , and make H3823 me a couple H8147 of cakes H3834 in my sight H5869 , that I may eat H1262 at her hand H4480 H3027 .
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7. So David sent Tamar to the house saying, "Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare some food for him."
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7. Then David H1732 sent H7971 home H1004 to H413 Tamar H8559 , saying H559 , Go H1980 now H4994 to thy brother H251 Amnon H550 's house H1004 , and dress H6213 him meat H1279 .
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8. So Tamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, who was lying down. She took the dough, kneaded it, made some cakes while he watched, and baked them.
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8. So Tamar H8559 went H1980 to her brother H251 Amnon H550 's house H1004 ; and he H1931 was laid down H7901 . And she took H3947 H853 flour H1217 , and kneaded H3888 it , and made cakes H3823 in his sight H5869 , and did bake H1310 H853 the cakes H3834 .
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9. But when she took the pan and set it before him, he refused to eat. Instead Amnon said, "Get everyone out of here!" So everyone left.
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9. And she took H3947 H853 a pan H4958 , and poured them out H3332 before H6440 him ; but he refused H3985 to eat H398 . And Amnon H550 said H559 , Have out H3318 all H3605 men H376 from H4480 H5921 me . And they went out H3318 every H3605 man H376 from H4480 H5921 him.
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10. Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the cakes into the bedroom; then I will eat from your hand." So Tamar took the cakes that she had prepared and brought them to her brother Amnon in the bedroom.
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10. And Amnon H550 said H559 unto H413 Tamar H8559 , Bring H935 the meat H1279 into the chamber H2315 , that I may eat H1262 of thine hand H4480 H3027 . And Tamar H8559 took H3947 H853 the cakes H3834 which H834 she had made H6213 , and brought H935 them into the chamber H2315 to Amnon H550 her brother H251 .
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11. As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her, "Come on! Get in bed with me, my sister!"
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11. And when she had brought H5066 them unto H413 him to eat H398 , he took hold H2388 of her , and said H559 unto her, Come H935 lie H7901 with H5973 me , my sister H269 .
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12. But she said to him, "No, my brother! Don't humiliate me! This just isn't done in Israel! Don't do this foolish thing!
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12. And she answered H559 him, Nay H408 , my brother H251 , do not H408 force H6031 me; for H3588 no H3808 such thing H3651 ought to be done H6213 in Israel H3478 : do H6213 not H408 thou H853 this H2063 folly H5039 .
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13. How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools in Israel! Just speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you."
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13. And I H589 , whither H575 shall I cause H853 my shame H2781 to go H1980 ? and as for thee H859 , thou shalt be H1961 as one H259 of the fools H5036 in Israel H3478 . Now H6258 therefore , I pray thee H4994 , speak H1696 unto H413 the king H4428 ; for H3588 he will not H3808 withhold H4513 me from H4480 thee.
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14. But he refused to listen to her. He overpowered her and humiliated her by raping her.
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14. Howbeit he would H14 not H3808 hearken H8085 unto her voice H6963 : but , being stronger H2388 than she, forced H6031 her , and lay with H7901 her.
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15. Then Amnon greatly despised her. His disdain toward her surpassed the love he had previously felt toward her. Amnon said to her, "Get up and leave!"
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15. Then Amnon H550 hated H8130 her exceedingly H8135 H1419 H3966 ; so that H3588 the hatred H8135 wherewith H834 he hated H8130 her was greater H1419 than the love H4480 H160 wherewith H834 he had loved H157 her . And Amnon H550 said H559 unto her, Arise H6965 , be gone H1980 .
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16. But she said to him, "No I won't, for sending me away now would be worse than what you did to me earlier!" But he refused to listen to her.
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16. And she said H559 unto him, There is no H408 cause H182 : this H2063 evil H7451 in sending me away H7971 is greater H1419 than the other H4480 H312 that H834 thou didst H6213 unto H5973 me . But he would H14 not H3808 hearken H8085 unto her.
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17. He called his personal attendant and said to him, "Take this woman out of my sight and lock the door behind her!"
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17. Then he called H7121 H853 his servant H5288 that ministered H8334 unto him , and said H559 , Put H7971 now H4994 H853 this H2063 woman out from me H4480 H5921 H2351 , and bolt H5274 the door H1817 after H310 her.
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18. (Now she was wearing a long robe, for this is what the king's virgin daughters used to wear.) So Amnon's attendant removed her and bolted the door behind her.
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18. And she had a garment H3801 of divers colors H6446 upon H5921 her: for H3588 with such H3651 robes H4598 were the king H4428 's daughters H1323 that were virgins H1330 appareled H3847 . Then his servant H8334 brought H3318 her out H2351 , and bolted H5274 the door H1817 after H310 her.
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19. Then Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went on her way, wailing as she went.
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19. And Tamar H8559 put H3947 ashes H665 on H5921 her head H7218 , and rent H7167 her garment H3801 of divers colors H6446 that H834 was on H5921 her , and laid H7760 her hand H3027 on H5921 her head H7218 , and went on H1980 H1980 crying H2199 .
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20. Her brother Absalom said to her, "Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don't take it so seriously!" Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom.
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20. And Absalom H53 her brother H251 said H559 unto H413 her , Hath Amnon H550 thy brother H251 been H1961 with H5973 thee? but hold H2790 now H6258 thy peace , my sister H269 : he H1931 is thy brother H251 ; regard H7896 H853 H3820 not H408 this H2088 thing H1697 . So Tamar H8559 remained H3427 desolate H8074 in her brother H251 Absalom H53 's house H1004 .
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21. Now King David heard about all these things and was very angry.
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21. But when king H4428 David H1732 heard H8085 of H853 all H3605 these H428 things H1697 , he was very H3966 wroth H2734 .
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22. But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.
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22. And Absalom H53 spoke H1696 unto H5973 his brother Amnon H550 neither H3808 good H2896 nor H5704 bad H4480 H7451 : for H3588 Absalom H53 hated H8130 H853 Amnon H550 , because H5921 H1697 H834 he had forced H6031 H853 his sister H269 Tamar H8559 .
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23. Two years later Absalom's sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king's sons.
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23. And it came to pass H1961 after two full years H8141 H3117 , that Absalom H53 had H1961 sheepshearers H1494 in Baal H1178 -hazor, which H834 is beside H5973 Ephraim H669 : and Absalom H53 invited H7121 all H3605 the king H4428 's sons H1121 .
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24. Then Absalom went to the king and said, "My shearers have begun their work. Let the king and his servants go with me."
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24. And Absalom H53 came H935 to H413 the king H4428 , and said H559 , Behold H2009 now H4994 , thy servant H5650 hath sheepshearers H1494 ; let the king H4428 , I beseech thee H4994 , and his servants H5650 go H1980 with H5973 thy servant H5650 .
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25. But the king said to Absalom, "No, my son. We shouldn't all go. We shouldn't burden you in that way." Though Absalom pressed him, the king was not willing to go. Instead, David blessed him.
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25. And the king H4428 said H559 to H413 Absalom H53 , Nay H408 , my son H1121 , let us not H408 all H3605 now H4994 go H1980 , lest H3808 we be chargeable H3513 unto H5921 thee . And he pressed H6555 him : howbeit he would H14 not H3808 go H1980 , but blessed H1288 him.
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26. Then Absalom said, "If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us." The king replied to him, "Why should he go with you?"
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26. Then said H559 Absalom H53 , If not H3808 , I pray thee H4994 , let my brother H251 Amnon H550 go H1980 with H854 us . And the king H4428 said H559 unto him, Why H4100 should he go H1980 with H5973 thee?
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27. But when Absalom pressed him, he sent Amnon and all the king's sons along with him.
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27. But Absalom H53 pressed H6555 him , that he let H853 Amnon H550 and all H3605 the king H4428 's sons H1121 go H7971 with H854 him.
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28. Absalom instructed his servants, "Look! When Amnon is drunk and I say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' kill him then and there. Don't fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!"
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28. Now Absalom H53 had commanded H6680 H853 his servants H5288 , saying H559 , Mark H7200 ye now H4994 when Amnon H550 's heart H3820 is merry H2895 with wine H3196 , and when I say H559 unto H413 you, Smite H5221 H853 Amnon H550 ; then kill H4191 him, fear H3372 not H408 : have not H3808 I H595 commanded H6680 you? be courageous H2388 , and be H1961 valiant H1121 H2428 .
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29. So Absalom's servants did to Amnon exactly what Absalom had instructed. Then all the king's sons got up; each one rode away on his mule and fled.
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29. And the servants H5288 of Absalom H53 did H6213 unto Amnon H550 as H834 Absalom H53 had commanded H6680 . Then all H3605 the king H4428 's sons H1121 arose H6965 , and every man H376 got him up H7392 upon H5921 his mule H6505 , and fled H5127 .
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30. While they were still on their way, the following report reached David: "Absalom has killed all the king's sons; not one of them is left!"
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30. And it came to pass H1961 , while they H1992 were in the way H1870 , that tidings H8052 came H935 to H413 David H1732 , saying H559 , Absalom H53 hath slain H5221 H853 all H3605 the king H4428 's sons H1121 , and there is not H3808 one H259 of H4480 them left H3498 .
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31. Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.
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31. Then the king H4428 arose H6965 , and tore H7167 H853 his garments H899 , and lay H7901 on the earth H776 ; and all H3605 his servants H5650 stood by H5324 with their clothes H899 rent H7167 .
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32. Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah, said, "My lord should not say, 'They have killed all the young men who are the king's sons.' For only Amnon is dead. This is what Absalom has talked about from the day that Amnon humiliated his sister Tamar.
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32. And Jonadab H3122 , the son H1121 of Shimeah H8093 David H1732 's brother H251 , answered H6030 and said H559 , Let not H408 my lord H113 suppose H559 that they have slain H4191 H853 all H3605 the young men H5288 the king H4428 's sons H1121 ; for H3588 Amnon H550 only H905 is dead H4191 : for H3588 by H5921 the appointment H6310 of Absalom H53 this hath been H1961 determined H7760 from the day H4480 H3117 that he forced H6031 H853 his sister H269 Tamar H8559 .
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33. Now don't let my lord the king be concerned about the report that has come saying, 'All the king's sons are dead.' It is only Amnon who is dead."
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33. Now H6258 therefore let not H408 my lord H113 the king H4428 take H7760 the thing H1697 to H413 his heart H3820 , to think H559 that all H3605 the king H4428 's sons H1121 are dead H4191 : for H3588 H518 Amnon H550 only H905 is dead H4191 .
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34. In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west on a road beside the hill.
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34. But Absalom H53 fled H1272 . And the young man H5288 that kept the watch H6822 lifted up H5375 H853 his eyes H5869 , and looked H7200 , and, behold H2009 , there came H1980 much H7227 people H5971 by the way H4480 H1870 of the hill side H4480 H6654 H2022 behind H310 him.
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35. Jonadab said to the king, "Look! The king's sons have come! It's just as I said!"
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35. And Jonadab H3122 said H559 unto H413 the king H4428 , Behold H2009 , the king H4428 's sons H1121 come H935 : as thy servant H5650 said H1697 , so H3651 it is H1961 .
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36. Just as he finished speaking, the king's sons arrived, wailing and weeping. The king and all his servants wept loudly as well.
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36. And it came to pass H1961 , as soon as he had made an end H3615 of speaking H1696 , that, behold H2009 , the king H4428 's sons H1121 came H935 , and lifted up H5375 their voice H6963 and wept H1058 : and the king H4428 also H1571 and all H3605 his servants H5650 wept H1058 very H3966 sore H1419 .
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37. But Absalom fled and went to King Talmai son of Ammihud of Geshur. And David grieved over his son every day.
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37. But Absalom H53 fled H1272 , and went H1980 to H413 Talmai H8526 , the son H1121 of Ammihud H5989 , king H4428 of Geshur H1650 . And David mourned H56 for H5921 his son H1121 every H3605 day H3117 .
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38. After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he remained there for three years.
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38. So Absalom H53 fled H1272 , and went H1980 to Geshur H1650 , and was H1961 there H8033 three H7969 years H8141 .
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39. The king longed to go to Absalom, for he had since been consoled over the death of Amnon.
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39. And the soul of king H4428 David H1732 longed H3615 to go forth H3318 unto H413 Absalom H53 : for H3588 he was comforted H5162 concerning H5921 Amnon H550 , seeing H3588 he was dead H4191 .
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