2 Samuel 13:1
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
KJV
Factum est autem post hæc ut Absalom filii David sororem speciosissimam, vocabulo Thamar, adamaret Amnon filius David,
Vulgate
Καὶ ἐγενήθη μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ τῷ Ἀβεσσαλὼμ υἱῷ Δαυεὶδ ἀδελφὴ καλὴ τῷ εἴδει σφόδρα, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῇ Θημάρ, καὶ ἠγάπησεν αὐτὴν Ἀμνὼν υἱὸς Δαυείδ.
LXX
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
ASV
וַ/יְהִ֣י אַֽחֲרֵי כֵ֗ן וּ/לְ/אַבְשָׁל֧וֹם בֶּן דָּוִ֛ד אָח֥וֹת יָפָ֖ה וּ/שְׁמָ֣/הּ תָּמָ֑ר וַ/יֶּאֱהָבֶ֖/הָ אַמְנ֥וֹן בֶּן דָּוִֽד
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers David's reign: his lament over Saul and Jonathan, the capture of Jerusalem, the bringing of the Ark, the Davidic covenant, the sin with Bathsheba, Absalom's rebellion, and David's final years. Josephus treats David as both a military genius and a flawed ruler.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 3:2 — The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
- 1Chr 3:9 — These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
- 1Kgs 11:1 — But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
- 2Sam 3:2 — And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
- 2Sam 11:2 — And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautif
- 2Sam 12:11 — Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in
- 2Sam 13:15 — Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
- 2Sam 14:27 — And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
- 2Sam 14:27 — And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
- Gen 6:2 — That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
- Gen 29:18 — And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
- Gen 29:20 — And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
- Gen 34:3 — And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
- Gen 39:6 — And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
- Prov 6:25 — Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- Prov 17:25 — A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
- Prov 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- Prov 31:30 — Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
- Ps 118:18 — The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.