2 Samuel 13:9-19

9 pero cuando ella le llevó la bandeja, Amnón se negó a comer y les dijo a sus sirvientes: «Salgan todos de aquí». Así que todos salieron.

10 Entonces él le dijo a Tamar:
—Ahora trae la comida a mi dormitorio y dame de comer aquí.
Tamar le llevó su comida preferida,

11 pero cuando ella comenzó a darle de comer, la agarró y le insistió:
—Ven, mi amada hermana, acuéstate conmigo.

12 —¡No, hermano mío! —imploró ella—. ¡No seas insensato! ¡No me hagas esto! En Israel no se hace semejante perversidad.

13 ¿Adónde podría ir con mi vergüenza? Y a ti te dirán que eres uno de los necios más grandes de Israel. Por favor, sólo habla con el rey, y él te permitirá casarte conmigo.

14 Pero Amnón no quiso escucharla y, como era más fuerte que ella, la violó.

15 De pronto, el amor de Amnón se transformó en odio, y la llegó a odiar aún más de lo que la había amado.
—¡Vete de aquí! —le gruñó.

16 —¡No, no! —gritó Tamar—. ¡Echarme de aquí ahora es aún peor de lo que ya me has hecho!
Pero Amnón no quiso escucharla.

17 Entonces llamó a su sirviente y le ordenó:
—¡Echa fuera a esta mujer y cierra la puerta detrás de ella!

18 Así que el sirviente la sacó y cerró la puerta detrás de ella. Tamar llevaba puesta una hermosa túnica larga,
como era costumbre en esos días para las hijas vírgenes del rey.

19 Pero entonces, ella rasgó su túnica y echó ceniza sobre su cabeza y, cubriéndose la cara con las manos, se fue llorando.

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.