Sāmǔĕrjìxià 13:2

2 Àn nèn wèi tā meìzi Tāmǎ yōu jí chéng bìng . Tāmǎ háishì chǔnǚ , àn nèn yǐwéi nán xiàng tā xíngshì .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 13:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:2

And Amnon was so vexed
Distressed, straitened, and perplexed in his mind through unruly and unbridled lusts that raged in him:

that he fell sick for his sister Tamar;
as Antiochus son of Seleucus did for his mother in law Stratonice, who, to cure him of it, was delivered to him by his father ^F19:

for she [was] a virgin;
and so kept very recluse from the company of men, that he could not come at her; so Philo ^F20, speaking of the Jewish women, and particularly virgins, says, that they were shut up in their chambers, and through modesty shun the sight of men, even those of their own house; hence they are called (twmle) , from a word which signifies to hide; and Phocylides ^F21 the poet advises to the shutting of them up in like manner:

and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her;
that it was difficult to have access to her, almost impossible, what he despaired of, and what, if attained to, would be wonderful and amazing; he was at his wits' end how to contrive any scheme to get at her, and obtain his desire.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 See the Universal History, vol. 3. p. 519. Ed. fol.
F20 In Flaccum, p. 977.
F21 Poem. admon. v. 203, 204.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 13:2 In-Context

1 Dàwèi de érzi Yēshālóng yǒu yī gè mĕimào de meìzi , míng jiào Tāmǎ . Dàwèi de érzi àn nèn aì tā .

2 Àn nèn wèi tā meìzi Tāmǎ yōu jí chéng bìng . Tāmǎ háishì chǔnǚ , àn nèn yǐwéi nán xiàng tā xíngshì .

3 Àn nèn yǒu yī gè péngyou , míng jiào Yuēná dá , shì Dàwèi zhǎng xiōng shì mǐ yà de érzi . zhè Yuēná dá wéirén jíqí jiǎohuá .

4 Tā wèn àn nèn shuō , wáng de érzi a , wèihé yī tiān bǐ yī tiān shòuruò ne . qǐng nǐ gàosu wǒ . àn nèn huídá shuō , wǒ aì wǒ xiōngdi Yēshālóng de meìzi Tāmǎ .

5 Yuēná dá shuō , nǐ bù rú tǎng zaì chuáng shàng zhuāng bìng . nǐ fùqin lái kàn nǐ , jiù duì tā shuō , qiú fù jiào wǒ meìzi Tāmǎ lái , zaì wǒ yǎnqián yùbeì shíwù , dìgĕi wǒ chī , shǐ wǒ kànjian , hǎo cóng tā shǒu lǐ jiē guō lái chī .