2 Samuel 13:1 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ So Amnon lay down, and made as if he were sick: and when the king came to visit him, Amnon said to the king: I pray thee let my sister Thamar come, and make in my sight two little messes, that I may eat at her hand.

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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.

2 Samuel 13:1 Cross References

1 Chronicles 3:9

4 And Manasses beget Amen the father of Josias.

1 Chronicles 3:2

And Eliphaleeh, and Noge, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

2 Samuel 14:27

2 And Absalom answered Joab: I sent to thee beseeching thee to come to me, that I might send thee to the king, to say to him: Wherefore am I come from Gessur? it had been better for me to be there: I beseech thee therefore that I may see the face of the king: and if he be mindful of my iniquity, let him kill me.

2 Samuel 13:15

0 And Absalom her brother said to her: Hath thy brother Amnon lain with thee? but now, sister, hold thy peace, he is thy brother: and afflict not thy heart for this thing. So Thamar remained pining away in the house of Absalom her brother.

Proverbs 31:30

Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits.

Proverbs 6:25

2 But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:

1 Kings 11:1

And Solomon did that which was net pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David his father.

2 Samuel 11:2

And Urias came to David. And David asked how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was carried on.

Genesis 34:3

And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.

Genesis 29:20

1 And he said to Laban: Give me my wife; for now the time is fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

Genesis 29:18

9 Lahan answered: It is better that I give her thee than to another man; stay with me.

Genesis 6:2

The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took themselves wives of all which they chose.

2 Samuel 13:2

Then David sent home to Thamar, saying: Come to the house of thy brother Amnon, and make him a mess.