David replied, ‘Good, I will make a covenant with you. However, there’s one thing I require of you: You will not see my face unless you first bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.’
Her brother Absalom said to her, ‘Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.’ So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.