2 Samuel 13:1

Good News Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 29:18

Jacob was in love with Rachel, so he said, “I will work seven years for you, if you will let me marry Rachel.”

Genesis 29:20

Jacob worked seven years so that he could have Rachel, and the time seemed like only a few days to him, because he loved her.

Genesis 34:3

But he found the young woman so attractive that he fell in love with her and tried to win her affection.

Genesis 6:2

some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.

2 Samuel 11:2

One day, late in the afternoon, David got up from his nap and went to the palace roof. As he walked around up there, he saw a woman taking a bath in her house. She was very beautiful.

2 Samuel 13:15

Then Amnon was filled with a deep hatred for her; he hated her now even more than he had loved her before. He said to her, “Get out!”

2 Samuel 13:2

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.

2 Samuel 14:27

Absalom had three sons and one daughter named Tamar, a very beautiful woman.

1 Kings 11:1

Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides the daughter of the king of Egypt he married Hittite women and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon.

1 Chronicles 3:9

In addition to all these sons, David had sons by his concubines. He also had a daughter, Tamar.

Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceptive and beauty disappears, but a woman who honors the Lord should be praised.

Proverbs 6:25

Don't be tempted by their beauty; don't be trapped by their flirting eyes.