2nd Samuel Chapter 13 - King James Strong Number Version

1: And it came to pass after <H0310> this, that Absalom <H0053> the son <H1121> of David <H1732> had a fair <H3303> sister, <H0269> whose name <H8034> [was] Tamar; <H8559> and Amnon <H0550> the son <H1121> of David <H1732> loved <H0157> her.
2: And Amnon <H0550> was so vexed, <H3334> that he fell sick <H2470> for his sister <H0269> Tamar; <H8559> for she [was] a virgin; <H1330> and Amnon <H0550> thought <H5869> it hard <H6381> for him to do <H6213> anything <H3972> to her.
3: But Amnon <H0550> had a friend, <H7453> whose name <H8034> [was] Jonadab, <H3122> the son <H1121> of Shimeah <H8093> David's <H1732> brother: <H0251> and Jonadab <H3122> [was] a very <H3966> subtil <H2450> man. <H0376>
4: And he said <H0559> unto him, Why [art] thou, [being] the king's <H4428> son, <H1121> lean <H1800> from day <H1242> to day? <H1242> wilt thou not tell <H5046> me? And Amnon <H0550> said <H0559> unto him, I love <H0157> Tamar, <H8559> my brother <H0251> Absalom's <H0053> sister. <H0269>
5: And Jonadab <H3082> said <H0559> unto him, Lay thee down <H7901> on thy bed, <H4904> and make thyself sick: <H2470> and when thy father <H0001> cometh <H0935> to see <H7200> thee, say <H0559> unto him, I pray thee, let my sister <H0269> Tamar <H8559> come, <H0935> and give <H1262> me meat, <H3899> and dress <H6213> the meat <H1279> in my sight, <H5869> that I may see <H7200> [it], and eat <H0398> [it] at her hand. <H3027>
6: So Amnon <H0550> lay down, <H7901> and made himself sick: <H2470> and when the king <H4428> was come <H0935> to see <H7200> him, Amnon <H0550> said <H0559> unto the king, <H4428> I pray thee, let Tamar <H8559> my sister <H0269> come, <H0935> and make <H3823> me a couple <H8147> of cakes <H3834> in my sight, <H5869> that I may eat <H1262> at her hand. <H3027>
7: Then David <H1732> sent <H7971> home <H1004> to Tamar, <H8559> saying, <H0559> Go <H3212> now to thy brother <H0251> Amnon's <H0550> house, <H1004> and dress <H6213> him meat. <H1279>
8: So Tamar <H8559> went <H3212> to her brother <H0251> Amnon's <H0550> house; <H1004> and he was laid down. <H7901> And she took <H3947> flour, <H1217> and kneaded <H3888> [it], and made cakes <H3823> in his sight, <H5869> and did bake <H1310> the cakes. <H3834>
9: And she took <H3947> a pan, <H4958> and poured <H3332> [them] out before <H6440> him; but he refused <H3985> to eat. <H0398> And Amnon <H0550> said, <H0559> Have out <H3318> all men <H0376> from me. And they went out <H3318> every man <H0376> from him.
10: And Amnon <H0550> said <H0559> unto Tamar, <H8559> Bring <H0935> the meat <H1279> into the chamber, <H2315> that I may eat <H1262> of thine hand. <H3027> And Tamar <H8559> took <H3947> the cakes <H3834> which she had made, <H6213> and brought <H0935> [them] into the chamber <H2315> to Amnon <H0550> her brother. <H0251>
11: And when she had brought <H5066> [them] unto him to eat, <H0398> he took hold <H2388> of her, and said <H0559> unto her, Come <H0935> lie <H7901> with me, my sister. <H0269>
12: And she answered <H0559> him, Nay, my brother, <H0251> do not force <H6031> me; for no such thing <H3651> ought to be done <H6213> in Israel: <H3478> do <H6213> not thou this folly. <H5039>
13: And I, whither shall I cause my shame <H2781> to go? <H3212> and as for thee, thou shalt be as one <H0259> of the fools <H5036> in Israel. <H3478> Now therefore, I pray thee, speak <H1696> unto the king; <H4428> for he will not withhold <H4513> me from thee.
14: Howbeit he would <H0014> not hearken <H8085> unto her voice: <H6963> but, being stronger <H2388> than she, forced <H6031> her, and lay <H7901> with her.
15: Then Amnon <H0550> hated <H8130> her exceedingly; <H3966> <H1419> so that the hatred <H8135> wherewith he hated <H8130> her [was] greater <H1419> than the love <H0160> wherewith he had loved <H0157> her. And Amnon <H0550> said <H0559> unto her, Arise, <H6965> be gone. <H3212>
16: And she said <H0559> unto him, [There is] no cause: <H0182> this evil <H7451> in sending me away <H7971> [is] greater <H1419> than the other <H0312> that thou didst <H6213> unto me. But he would <H0014> not hearken <H8085> unto her.
17: Then he called <H7121> his servant <H5288> that ministered <H8334> unto him, and said, <H0559> Put <H7971> now this [woman] out <H2351> from me, and bolt <H5274> the door <H1817> after <H0310> her.
18: And [she had] a garment <H3801> of divers colours <H6446> upon her: for with such robes <H4598> were the king's <H4428> daughters <H1323> [that were] virgins <H1330> apparelled. <H3847> Then his servant <H8334> brought <H3318> her out, <H2351> and bolted <H5274> the door <H1817> after <H0310> her.
19: And Tamar <H8559> put <H3947> ashes <H0665> on her head, <H7218> and rent <H7167> her garment <H3801> of divers colours <H6446> that [was] on her, and laid <H7760> her hand <H3027> on her head, <H7218> and went <H3212> on <H1980> crying. <H2199>
20: And Absalom <H0053> her brother <H0251> said <H0559> unto her, Hath Amnon <H0550> thy brother <H0251> been with thee? but hold now thy peace, <H2790> my sister: <H0269> he [is] thy brother; <H0251> regard <H7896> <H3820> not this thing. <H1697> So Tamar <H8559> remained <H3427> desolate <H8074> in her brother <H0251> Absalom's <H0053> 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 <H0053> spake <H1696> unto his brother Amnon <H0550> neither good <H2896> nor bad: <H7451> for Absalom <H0053> hated <H8130> Amnon, <H0550> because <H1697> he had forced <H6031> his sister <H0269> Tamar. <H8559>
23: And it came to pass after two full <H3117> years, <H8141> that Absalom <H0053> had sheepshearers <H1494> in Baalhazor, <H1178> which [is] beside Ephraim: <H0669> and Absalom <H0053> invited <H7121> all the king's <H4428> sons. <H1121>
24: And Absalom <H0053> came <H0935> to the king, <H4428> and said, <H0559> Behold now, thy servant <H5650> hath sheepshearers; <H1494> let the king, <H4428> I beseech thee, and his servants <H5650> go <H3212> with thy servant. <H5650>
25: And the king <H4428> said <H0559> to Absalom, <H0053> Nay, my son, <H1121> let us not all now go, <H3212> lest we be chargeable <H3513> unto thee. And he pressed <H6555> him: howbeit he would <H0014> not go, <H3212> but blessed <H1288> him.
26: Then said <H0559> Absalom, <H0053> If not, I pray thee, let my brother <H0251> Amnon <H0550> go <H3212> with us. And the king <H4428> said <H0559> unto him, Why should he go <H3212> with thee?
27: But Absalom <H0053> pressed <H6555> him, that he let Amnon <H0550> and all the king's <H4428> sons <H1121> go <H7971> with him.
28: Now Absalom <H0053> had commanded <H6680> his servants, <H5288> saying, <H0559> Mark <H7200> ye now when Amnon's <H0550> heart <H3820> is merry <H2896> with wine, <H3196> and when I say <H0559> unto you, Smite <H5221> Amnon; <H0550> then kill <H4191> him, fear <H3372> not: have not I commanded <H6680> you? be courageous, <H2388> and be valiant. <H1121> <H2428>
29: And the servants <H5288> of Absalom <H0053> did <H6213> unto Amnon <H0550> as Absalom <H0053> had commanded. <H6680> Then all the king's <H4428> sons <H1121> arose, <H6965> and every man <H0376> gat him up <H7392> upon his mule, <H6505> and fled. <H5127>
30: And it came to pass, while they were in the way, <H1870> that tidings <H8052> came <H0935> to David, <H1732> saying, <H0559> Absalom <H0053> hath slain <H5221> all the king's <H4428> sons, <H1121> and there is not one <H0259> of them left. <H3498>
31: Then the king <H4428> arose, <H6965> and tare <H7167> his garments, <H0899> and lay <H7901> on the earth; <H0776> and all his servants <H5650> stood <H5324> by with their clothes <H0899> rent. <H7167>
32: And Jonadab, <H3122> the son <H1121> of Shimeah <H8093> David's <H1732> brother, <H0251> answered <H6030> and said, <H0559> Let not my lord <H0113> suppose <H0559> [that] they have slain <H4191> all the young men <H5288> the king's <H4428> sons; <H1121> for Amnon <H0550> only is dead: <H4191> for by the appointment <H6310> of Absalom <H0053> this hath been determined <H7760> from the day <H3117> that he forced <H6031> his sister <H0269> Tamar. <H8559>
33: Now therefore let not my lord <H0113> the king <H4428> take <H7760> the thing <H1697> to his heart, <H3820> to think <H0559> that all the king's <H4428> sons <H1121> are dead: <H4191> for Amnon <H0550> only is dead. <H4191>
34: But Absalom <H0053> fled. <H1272> And the young man <H5288> that kept the watch <H6822> lifted up <H5375> his eyes, <H5869> and looked, <H7200> and, behold, there came <H1980> much <H7227> people <H5971> by the way <H1870> of the hill <H2022> side <H6654> behind <H0310> him.
35: And Jonadab <H3122> said <H0559> unto the king, <H4428> Behold, the king's <H4428> sons <H1121> come: <H0935> as thy servant <H5650> said, <H1697> so it is.
36: And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end <H3615> of speaking, <H1696> that, behold, the king's <H4428> sons <H1121> came, <H0935> 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> <H1419>
37: But Absalom <H0053> fled, <H1272> and went <H3212> to Talmai, <H8526> the son <H1121> of Ammihud, <H5991> <H5989> king <H4428> of Geshur. <H1650> And [David] mourned <H0056> for his son <H1121> every day. <H3117>
38: So Absalom <H0053> 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: <H0053> for he was comforted <H5162> concerning Amnon, <H0550> seeing he was dead. <H4191>