2 Samuël 13:1-6

1 En het geschiedde daarna, alzo Absalom, Davids zoon, een schone zuster had, welker naam was Thamar, dat Amnon, Davids zoon, haar lief kreeg.

2 En Amnon was benauwd tot krank wordens toe, om zijner zuster Thamars wil; want zij was een maagd, zodat het in Amnons ogen zwaar was, haar iets te doen.

3 Doch Amnon had een vriend, wiens naam was Jonadab, een zoon van Simea, Davids broeder; en Jonadab was een zeer wijs man.

4 Die zeide tot hem: Waarom zijt gij van morgen tot morgen zo mager, gij koningszoon, zult gij het mij niet te kennen geven? Toen zeide Amnon tot hem: Ik heb Thamar, de zuster van mijn broeder Absalom, lief.

5 En Jonadab zeide tot hem: Leg u op uw leger, en maak u krank; als dan uw vader zal komen om u te zien, zo zult gij tot hem zeggen: Dat toch mijn zuster Thamar kome, dat zij mij met brood spijzige, en de spijze voor mijn ogen toemake, opdat ik het aanzie, en van haar hand ete.

6 Amnon dan legde zich, en maakte zich krank. Toen nu de koning kwam om hem te zien, zeide Amnon tot den koning: Dat toch mijn zuster Thamar kome, dat zij twee koekjes voor mijn ogen toemake, en ik van haar hand ete.

2 Samuël 13:1-6 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.