2 Samuel 13:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹ Some time passed. David’s son Absalom  had a beautiful sister named Tamar,  and David’s son Amnon  was infatuated with her.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ ABSALOM SON of David had a fair sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon [her half brother] son of David loved her.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹ Some time later, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar the beautiful sister of Absalom, who was also David’s son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now after these things, it happened that Amnon, the son of David, was in love with the very beautiful sister of Absalom, the son of David, and she was called Tamar.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And it came to pass after this, that Amnon the son of David loved the sister of Absalom the son of David, who was very beautiful: and her name was Thamar.

2 Samuel 13:1 Cross References

Genesis 29:18

Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, ‘I’ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.’

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

Genesis 34:3

He became infatuated with Jacob’s daughter Dinah. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her.

Genesis 6:2

the sons of God  saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing #– #a very beautiful woman.

2 Samuel 13:15

So Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that the hatred he hated her with was greater than the love he had loved her with. ‘Get out of here! ’ he said.

2 Samuel 13:2

Amnon was frustrated to the point of making himself ill over his sister Tamar because she was a virgin, but it seemed impossible to do anything to her.

2 Samuel 14:27

Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.

1 Kings 11:1

King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter:  Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women

1 Chronicles 3:2

Absalom son of Maacah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur, was third; Adonijah son of Haggith was fourth;

1 Chronicles 3:9

These were all David’s sons, with their sister Tamar,  in addition to the sons by his concubines.

Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the  Lord will be praised.

Proverbs 6:25

Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.