David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to your brother Amnon’s house and prepare a meal for him.”
So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my presence so I can eat from her hand.”
Then Tamar went to his house while Amnon was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his presence, and baked them.
David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.