2 Samuel 13:2-12

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2 Y Amn贸n estaba tan atormentado a causa de su hermana Tamar que se enferm贸, porque ella era virgen, y le parec铆a dif铆cil a Amn贸n hacerle cosa alguna.
3 Pero Amn贸n ten铆a un amigo que se llamaba Jonadab, hijo de Simea, hermano de David; y Jonadab era un hombre muy astuto.
4 Y 茅ste le dijo: Hijo del rey, 驴por qu茅 est谩s tan deprimido d铆a tras d铆a? 驴No me lo contar谩s? Y Amn贸n le dijo: Estoy enamorado de Tamar, hermana de mi hermano Absal贸n.
5 Entonces Jonadab le dijo: Acu茅state en tu cama, y finge que est谩s enfermo; y cuando tu padre venga a verte, dile: "Te ruego que dejes que mi hermana Tamar venga y me d茅 alg煤n alimento para comer, y que prepare la comida delante de m铆 para que yo la vea y la coma de su mano."
6 Amn贸n se acost贸 y se fingi贸 enfermo. Cuando el rey vino a verlo, Amn贸n dijo al rey: Te ruego que venga mi hermana Tamar y haga dos tortas delante de m铆 para que yo coma de su mano.
7 Y David envi贸 mensaje a Tamar, a su casa, diciendo: Ve ahora a la casa de tu hermano Amn贸n, y prep谩rale la comida.
8 Fue, pues, Tamar a la casa de su hermano Amn贸n, y 茅l estaba acostado. Y ella tom贸 masa, la amas贸, hizo tortas delante de 茅l y las coci贸.
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.

2 Samuel 13:2-12 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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