2 Samuel 13:2

Good News Translation (US Version)

He was so much in love with her that he became sick, because it seemed impossible for him to have her; as a virgin, she was kept from meeting men.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:10

For the sadness that is used by God brings a change of heart that leads to salvation—and there is no regret in that! But sadness that is merely human causes death.

Song of Solomon 5:8

Promise me, women of Jerusalem, that if you find my lover, you will tell him I am weak from passion.

1 Kings 21:4

Ahab went home, depressed and angry over what Naboth had said to him. He lay down on his bed, facing the wall, and would not eat.

2 Samuel 13:1

David's son Absalom had a beautiful unmarried sister named Tamar. Amnon, another of David's sons, fell in love with her.

2 Samuel 13:3

But he had a friend, a very shrewd man named Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shammah.