2 Samuel 13:7

7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food 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 Jon'adab said to him, "Lie down on your bed, and pretend to be ill; and when your father comes to see you, say to him, 'Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.'"

6 So Amnon lay down, and pretended to be ill; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Pray let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, 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. And she took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

9 And she took the pan and emptied it out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, "Send out every one from me." So every one went out from him.