Sāmǔĕrjìxià 13:4

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 .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 13:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:4

And he said unto him, why [art] thou, [being] the king's son,
lean from day today?
&c.] Or "morning by morning", ^F23; he was the king's eldest son, heir to the crown, fed at his table, had everything to make him gay and cheerful, and yet pined away; his flesh wasted ^F24, his countenance waxed wan and pale, and especially in the mornings; in the daytime he met with diversions which, in some measure, took off his thoughts from the object his mind was impressed with, but in the night season they were continually employed about it; so that he could have no rest and sleep, which made him look ruefully in the morning; and this man had a suspicion of his case, and therefore put this and the following question to him:

wilt thou not tell me?
who am so nearly related to thee, and who have such a particular value and affection for thee:

and Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister;
he does not call her his sister, but Absalom's sister, to lessen his sin of unlawful love to her, which, being thus closely pressed, and by a friend, he could not conceal.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (rqbb rqbb) , "in mane in mane", Montanus.
F24 "Fecit amor maciem -----". Ovid Metamorph. l. 11. Fab. 11. v. 793.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 13:4 In-Context

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 .

6 Yúshì àn nèn tǎng wò zhuāng bìng . wáng lái kàn tā , tā duì wáng shuō , qiú fù jiào wǒ meìzi Tāmǎ lái , zaì wǒ yǎnqián wèi wǒ zuò liǎng gè bǐng , wǒ hǎo cóng tā shǒu lǐ jiē guō lái chī .