So Amnon lay down, and pretended to be sick: and when the king had come to see him, Amnon said to the king, I pray you, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he had lain down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.