Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “Y’all watch until Amnon’s heart is merry with wine and I tell y’all, ‘Strike Amnon.’ Then y’all must kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I commanded y’all? Y’all must be courageous and valiant!”
When David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. At evening, he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn’t go down to his house.