2 Samuel 13:8

8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house, where he was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

2 Samuel 13:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:8

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house
In obedience to the king's commands, and in affection to her brother, with an innocent breast, having no suspicion of any design upon her chastity:

(and he was laid down);
upon a couch or bed in his chamber, as being sick as was pretended, into which she was introduced:

and she took flour, and kneaded [it];
made it into a paste:

and made cakes in his sight;
a kind of fritters of them, as in the Talmud ^F25:

and did bake the cakes:
or fried them in a frying pan, in oil.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 21. 1.

2 Samuel 13:8 In-Context

6 So Amnon lay down, and pretended to be ill; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand."

7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him."

8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house, where he was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

9 Then she took the pan and set them out before him, but he refused to eat. Amnon said, "Send out everyone from me." So everyone went out from him.

10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food into the chamber, so that I may eat from your hand." So Tamar took the cakes she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.