2 Samuel 13:7

7 David sent word to Tamar who was home at the time: "Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare a meal for him."

2 Samuel 13:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:7

Then David sent home to Tamar
Who perhaps was not in the king's palace, but at her brother Absalom's house, ( 2 Samuel 13:20 ) ;

saying, go now to thy brother Amnon's house;
who also had a separate house and equipage, being the king's son, and his eldest son:

and dress him meat;
such as he may desire, and his stomach will bear.

2 Samuel 13:7 In-Context

5 "Here's what you do," said Jonadab. "Go to bed and pretend you're sick. When your father comes to visit you, say, 'Have my sister Tamar come and prepare some supper for me here where I can watch her and she can feed me.'"

6 So Amnon took to his bed and acted sick. When the king came to visit, Amnon said, "Would you do me a favor? Have my sister Tamar come and make some nourishing dumplings here where I can watch her and be fed by her."

7 David sent word to Tamar who was home at the time: "Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare a meal for him."

8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house. She took dough, kneaded it, formed it into dumplings, and cooked them while he watched from his bed.

9 But when she took the cooking pot and served him, he wouldn't eat.