2 Samuel 13:9-19

Listen to 2 Samuel 13:9-19
9 Y tomando la sart茅n, las sirvi贸 delante de 茅l, pero 茅l rehus贸 comer. Y Amn贸n dijo: Que salgan todos de aqu铆. Y todos salieron de all铆.
10 Entonces Amn贸n dijo a Tamar: Trae la comida a la alcoba para que yo coma de tu mano. Y Tamar tom贸 las tortas que hab铆a hecho y las llev贸 a su hermano Amn贸n a la alcoba.
11 Cuando ella se las llev贸 para que comiera, 茅l le ech贸 mano, y le dijo: Ven, acu茅state conmigo, hermana m铆a.
12 Pero ella le respondi贸: No, hermano m铆o, no abuses de m铆, porque tal cosa no se hace en Israel; no cometas esta infamia.
13 Pues, 驴ad贸nde ir铆a yo con mi deshonra? Y t煤 ser铆as como uno de los insensatos de Israel. Ahora pues, te ruego que hables al rey, que 茅l no me negar谩 a ti.
14 Pero 茅l no quiso escucharla; como era m谩s fuerte que ella, la forz贸, y se acost贸 con ella.
15 Entonces Amn贸n la aborreci贸 con un odio muy grande; porque el odio con que la aborreci贸 fue mayor que el amor con que la hab铆a amado. Y Amn贸n le dijo: Lev谩ntate, vete.
16 Pero ella le respondi贸: No, porque esta injusticia que me haces, ech谩ndome fuera, es mayor que la otra que me has hecho. Mas 茅l no quiso o铆rla.
17 Llam贸, pues, a su criado que le serv铆a y le dijo: Echa a esta mujer fuera de aqu铆, y cierra la puerta tras ella.
18 (Llevaba ella un vestido de manga larga, porque as铆 se vest铆an con t煤nicas las hijas v铆rgenes del rey.) Su criado la ech贸 fuera, y cerr贸 la puerta tras ella.
19 Entonces Tamar se puso ceniza sobre la cabeza, rasg贸 el vestido de manga larga que llevaba puesto, y se fue gritando con las manos sobre la cabeza.

2 Samuel 13:9-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 13

This chapter relates some of the evils that were to arise out of David's house, and which were similar to the evils committed by him; the deflowering of his daughter, and the murder of his eldest son: the story is this; Amnon falls in love with Tamar, his sister, and grew thin upon it, which being observed by a friend of his, inquires the reason of it, which having got out of him, forms a scheme for obtaining his desire, and which succeeded; for by it he had the opportunity of ravishing his sister, 2Sa 13:1-14; the consequences of which were extreme hatred of her, hurrying her out of doors, lamentation and mourning on her part, grief to David, and enmity in the heart of Absalom to Amnon, which put him upon meditating his death, 2Sa 13:15-22; and which was brought about after this manner. Absalom had a sheep shearing, to which he invited the king and all his sons, and to which they all came excepting the king, 2Sa 13:23-27; when Absalom gave orders to his servants to observe Amnon when he was merry, and at his word smite him and kill him, as they did, 2Sa 13:28,29; tidings of which soon came to the ears of David, and these aggravated, that all the king's sons were killed, which threw the king into an agony; but Jonadab endeavoured to pacify him, by assuring him that only Amnon was dead, the truth of which soon appeared by the coming of the king's sons, 2Sa 13:30-36; but Absalom fled to Geshur, where he remained three years, when David's heart began to be towards him, and to long for him, who was to bring more evil against him, 2Sa 13:37-39.

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