2 Samuel 13:1

New American Bible - revised edition

After this, the following occurred. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and David’s son Amnon loved her.

Cross References

Genesis 29:18

Because Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Genesis 29:20

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

Genesis 34:3

He was strongly attracted to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and was in love with the young woman. So he spoke affectionately to her.

Genesis 6:2

the sons of God saw how beautiful the daughters of human beings were, and so they took for their wives whomever they pleased.

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David rose from his bed and strolled about on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof he saw a woman bathing; she was very beautiful.

2 Samuel 13:15

Then Amnon felt intense hatred for her; the hatred he felt for her far surpassed the love he had had for her. Amnon said to her, “Get up, leave.”

2 Samuel 13:2

He was in such anguish over his sister Tamar that he became sick; she was a virgin, and Amnon thought it impossible to do anything to her.

2 Samuel 14:27

Absalom had three sons born to him, besides a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman. Absalom Is Pardoned.

1 Kings 11:1

King Solomon loved many foreign women besides the daughter of Pharaoh—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, Hittites—

1 Chronicles 3:2

the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, who was the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, son of Haggith;

1 Chronicles 3:9

All these were sons of David, in addition to other sons by concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting; the woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Proverbs 6:25

Do not lust in your heart after her beauty, do not let her captivate you with her glance!