2 Samuel 13 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And after this it came to be that Aḇ

² And Amnon was distressed, even to become sick, because of his sister Tamar – for she was a maiden – and it was hard in the eyes of Amnon to do whatever to her.

³ And Amnon had a friend whose name was Yonaḏ

⁴ And he said to him, “Why are you, the sovereign’s son, becoming thinner day after day? Explain it to me.” And Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Aḇ

⁵ And Yonaḏ

⁶ So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. And when the sovereign came to see him, Amnon said to the sovereign, “Please let Tamar my sister come and make a couple of cakes for me before my eyes, so that I eat from her hand.”

⁷ And Dawiḏ

⁸ So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house, while he was lying down. And she took dough and kneaded it, and made cakes before his eyes, and baked the cakes.

⁹ And she took the pan and turned them out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, “Make everyone go away from me.” And they all went out from him.

¹⁰ And Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, that I eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them to Amnon her brother in the bedroom.

¹¹ And she brought them to him to eat, and he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”

¹² And she answered him, “No, my brother, do not humble me, for it is not done so in Yisra’ĕ

¹³ “And I, where could I take my shame? And you – you would be like one of the fools in Yisra’ĕ

¹⁴ But he would not listen to her voice, and being stronger than she, he humbled her and lay with her.

¹⁵ Amnon then hated her exceedingly, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Arise, go!”

¹⁶ And she said to him, “No, for this evil of sending me away is worse than the other you have done to me.” But he would not listen to her.

¹⁷ And he called his young man serving him, and said, “Now put this one out, away from me, and bolt the door behind her.”

¹⁸ And she had on a long coat, for the sovereign’s maiden daughters wore such garments. And his servant put her out and bolted the door behind her.

¹⁹ And Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her long coat that was on her, and put her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly.

²⁰ And Aḇ

²¹ And Sovereign Dawiḏ

²² And Aḇ

²³ And it came to be, after two years, that Aḇ

²⁴ And Aḇ

²⁵ But the sovereign said to Aḇ

²⁶ And Aḇ

²⁷ And Aḇ

²⁸ And Aḇ

²⁹ Then the servants of Aḇ

³⁰ And it came to be, while they were on the way, that news came to Dawiḏ

³¹ And the sovereign rose up and tore his garments and lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their garments torn.

³² And Yonaḏ

³³ “And now, let not my master the sovereign take the matter to his heart, to think that all the sons of the sovereign are dead. For only Amnon is dead.”

³⁴ And Aḇ

³⁵ Then Yonaḏ

³⁶ And it came to be, as soon as he had finished speaking, that look, the sons of the sovereign came, and they lifted up their voice and wept. And the sovereign too, and all his servants wept very bitterly.

³⁷ But Aḇ

³⁸ So Aḇ

³⁹ Sovereign Dawiḏ