2 Samuel 13:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

and he asked Amnon, ‘Why are you, the king’s son, so miserable  every morning? Won’t you tell me? ’ Amnon replied, ‘I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.’

Cross References

Luke 12:32

Don’t be afraid,   little flock,   because your Father delights   to give you the kingdom.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are good  at accomplishing evil: the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire, they plot it together.

Jeremiah 8:12

Were they ashamed when they acted so detestably? They weren’t at all ashamed. They can no longer feel humiliation. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen. When I punish them, they will collapse,’ says the Lord.

Isaiah 3:9

The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom,  they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster on themselves.

Leviticus 20:17

If a man marries his sister,  whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations,  , it is a disgrace.  They are to be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his iniquity.

Leviticus 18:9

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s,  whether born at home or born elsewhere. You are not to have sex with her.

1 Kings 21:7

Then his wife Jezebel said to him, ‘Now, exercise your royal power over Israel. Get up, eat some food, and be happy. For I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.’

2 Samuel 13:3

Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, a son of David’s brother Shimeah.  Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

2 Samuel 13:5

Jonadab said to him, ‘Lie down on your bed and pretend you’re ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, “Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare a meal in my presence  so I can watch and eat from her hand.” ’

1 Kings 21:5

Then his wife Jezebel came to him and said to him, ‘Why are you so upset that you refuse to eat? ’