2 Samuel 13:1

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Some time passed. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and David’s son Amnon was infatuated with her.

Cross References

Genesis 29:18

Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, “I’ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Genesis 29:20

So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

Genesis 34:3

He became infatuated with Dinah, daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her.

Genesis 6:2

the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing — a very beautiful woman.

2 Samuel 13:15

After this, Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that the hatred he hated her with was greater than the love he had loved her with. “Get out of here! ” he said.

2 Samuel 13:2

Amnon was frustrated to the point of making himself sick over his sister Tamar because she was a virgin, but it seemed impossible to do anything to her.

2 Samuel 14:27

Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.

1 Kings 11:1

King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women

1 Chronicles 3:2

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

1 Chronicles 3:9

These were all David’s sons, with their sister Tamar, in addition to the sons by his concubines.

Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.

Proverbs 6:25

Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.