2 Samuel 13:1 - Tree of Life Version

¹ It came to pass after this that Absalom son of David had a beautiful sister named Tamar, so Amnon, son of David, fell in love 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 was in love with Rachel, so he said, “Let me serve you for seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob worked for Rachel seven years, yet in his eyes it was like a few days, because of his love for her.

Genesis 34:3

But his soul clung to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter, and he loved the young woman and spoke reassuringly to the young woman.

Genesis 6:2

then the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were good and they took for themselves wives, any they chose.

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David rose from his bed and strolled on the roof of the royal palace. Then from the roof he saw a woman washing—a very beautiful woman.

2 Samuel 13:15

Then Amnon loathed her with very intense revulsion—indeed, the hatred that he hated her with was greater than the love in which he had loved her. So Amnon said to her, “Get up, get out!”

2 Samuel 13:2

But Amnon was so frustrated that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin and it seemed impossible in Amnon to do anything to her.

2 Samuel 14:27

To Absalom were born three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar—she was a beautiful woman.

1 Kings 11:1

Now King Solomon loved so many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites—

1 Chronicles 3:2

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

1 Chronicles 3:9

All these were sons of David, besides his sons by the concubines. Tamar was their sister.

Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears Adonai will be praised.

Proverbs 6:25

Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyelids.