II. SamvueE. XIII. 5.

B.C. about 1032.
J. or feign.
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i. ish.
h. heart_ shaped cakes.
And Amnon said unto him, “¥ love -Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
5 And Jonadab said unto him, “*Lay_ thee_down on thy bed, and /*make_ thyself_sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, :say unto him, ‘I_ pray_thee, ‘let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress -the meat in my sight, that I may_see 7t, and -eat it at her hand.’”
6So Amnon lay_down, and / made_ himself_sick : and when the king was_ come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, “I_pray_thee, ‘let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple_of /cakes in my sight, that I may_eat at her
* | hand.”
7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “-Go now to thy brother Am- non’s house, and -dress him xmeat.”
8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he -was_laid_ down. And she took ¢@*flour, and kneaded it, and made_hcakes in his sight, and did_bake -the } cakes.
9’ And she took a pan, and poured_ them_out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, “-Have_out all imen from me.” And they went_ out every ‘man from him.
70 And Amnon said unto Tamar, “-Bring the meat into the chamber, that I -may_eat of thine hand.” And Tamar took «the? cakes which she had_made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
11 And when_she_had_brought them unto him to eat, he took_hold_of her,
' jand said unto her, “*Come «lie with me,
hu. or humble.
TAMAR PUT OUT.
18. Ps. 45. 14.
my sister.”
12 And she answered him, “Nay, my brother, ‘do not Avforce me; for no such_thing ‘ought_to_be_done in Is- raél : 'do not thou «this *folly.
13 And £, whither_shall I_cause my shame to_go? and as for thee, thou shalt_be as one_of the fools in Israél. Now therefore, ies (ete *speak unto the King; for he will not withhold me from thee.”
14 Howbeit he would not hearken un- to her voice; but, being_stronger than she, hv forced her, and lay_with her.
1+ Then Amnon hated her excecd- ingly ; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had_loved her. And Am- non said unto her, “+Arise, -be_gone.”
16 And she said unto him, “ There is ho cause: xthis xevil in sending_me_ away ts greater than the other that thou didst unto me.” But he would not hearken unto her.
W Then he called his -servant 1that_ ministered unto him, and said, “«Put now -this woman out from me, and ‘bolt the door after her.”
18 And she had a garment_of divers_ colours upon her: for with such robes twere the king’s daughters that were xvirgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and -bolted the door after her.
19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment_of xdivers_colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
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