2 Samuel 13:9

9 Then she took the pan and served him [the bread]. But he refused to eat. "Have everyone leave me," he said. So everyone left him.

2 Samuel 13:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 13:9

And she took a pan, and poured [them] out before him
Out of the frying pan, in which they were, into another dish; and all this was done in his presence, that he might see and know of what, and in what manner it was made, that his stomach might not recoil at it:

but he refused to eat:
for that was not what he wanted:

and Amnon said, have out all men from me;
as if company was troublesome to him, and he wanted rest

and they went out every man from him;
at his orders, that he might get some sleep, as he seemed desirous of it.

2 Samuel 13:9 In-Context

7 David sent for Tamar at the palace. "Please go to your brother Amnon's home," he said, "and prepare some food for him."

8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's home. He was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made flat bread in front of him, and cooked it.

9 Then she took the pan and served him [the bread]. But he refused to eat. "Have everyone leave me," he said. So everyone left him.

10 Amnon told Tamar, "Bring the food into the bedroom so that you can feed me." Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in the bedroom.

11 When she handed it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, "Come to bed with me, Tamar!"