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And it came to pass after[H310] this, that Absalom[H53] the son[H1121] of David[H1732] had a fair[H3303]sister[H269], whose name[H8034] was Tamar[H8559]; and Amnon[H550] the son[H1121] of David[H1732]loved[H157] her.
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And Amnon[H550] was so vexed[H3334], that he fell sick[H2470] for his sister[H269]Tamar[H8559]; for she was a virgin[H1330]; and Amnon[H550]thought[H5869] it hard[H6381] for him to do[H6213] any thing[H3972] to her.
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But Amnon[H550] had a friend[H7453], whose name[H8034] was Jonadab[H3122], the son[H1121] of Shimeah[H8093] David's brother[H251]: and Jonadab[H3122] was a very[H3966]subtil[H2450]man[H376].
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And he said[H559] unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son[H1121], lean[H1800] from day[H1242] to day?[H1242] wilt thou not tell[H5046] me? And Amnon[H550]said[H559] unto him, I love[H157]Tamar[H8559], my brother[H251] Absalom's sister[H269].
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And Jonadab[H3082]said[H559] unto him, Lay thee down[H7901] on thy bed[H4904], and make thyself sick[H2470]: and when thy father[H1]cometh[H935] to see[H7200] thee, say[H559] unto him, I pray thee, let my sister[H269]Tamar[H8559]come[H935], and give[H1262] me meat[H3899], and dress[H6213] the meat[H1279] in my sight[H5869], that I may see[H7200] it, and eat[H398] it at her hand[H3027].
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So Amnon[H550] lay down[H7901], and made himself sick[H2470]: and when the king[H4428] was come[H935] to see[H7200] him, Amnon[H550]said[H559] unto the king[H4428], I pray thee, let Tamar[H8559] my sister[H269]come[H935], and make[H3823] me a couple[H8147] of cakes[H3834] in my sight[H5869], that I may eat[H1262] at her hand[H3027].
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Then David[H1732]sent[H7971]home[H1004] to Tamar[H8559], saying[H559], Go[H3212] now to thy brother[H251] Amnon's house[H1004], and dress[H6213] him meat[H1279].
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So Tamar[H8559]went[H3212] to her brother[H251] Amnon's house[H1004]; and he was laid down[H7901]. And she took[H3947]flour[H1217], and kneaded[H3888] it, and made cakes[H3823] in his sight[H5869], and did bake[H1310] the cakes[H3834].
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And she took[H3947] a pan[H4958], and poured them out[H3332]before[H6440] him; but he refused[H3985] to eat[H398]. And Amnon[H550]said[H559], Have out[H3318] all men[H376] from me. And they went out[H3318] every man[H376] from him.
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And Amnon[H550]said[H559] unto Tamar[H8559], Bring[H935] the meat[H1279] into the chamber[H2315], that I may eat[H1262] of thine hand[H3027]. And Tamar[H8559]took[H3947] the cakes[H3834] which she had made[H6213], and brought[H935] them into the chamber[H2315] to Amnon[H550] her brother[H251].
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And when she had brought[H5066] them unto him to eat[H398], he took hold[H2388] of her, and said[H559] unto her, Come[H935]lie[H7901] with me, my sister[H269].
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And she answered[H559] him, Nay, my brother[H251], do[H6213] not force[H6031] me; for no such thing ought[H3651] to be done[H6213] in Israel[H3478]: do[H6213] not thou this folly[H5039].
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And I, whither shall I cause my shame[H2781] to go?[H3212] and as for thee, thou shalt be as one[H259] of the fools[H5036] in Israel[H3478]. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak[H1696] unto the king[H4428]; for he will not withhold[H4513] me from thee.
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Howbeit he would[H14] not hearken[H8085] unto her voice[H6963]: but, being stronger[H2388] than she, forced[H6031] her, and lay[H7901] with her.
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Then Amnon[H550]hated[H8130] her exceedingly[H3966]; so that the hatred[H8135] wherewith he hated[H8130] her was greater[H1419] than the love[H160] wherewith he had loved[H157] her. And Amnon[H550]said[H559] unto her, Arise[H6965], be gone[H3212].
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And she said[H559] unto him, There is no cause[H182]: this evil[H7451] in sending me away[H7971] is greater[H1419] than the other[H312] that thou didst[H6213] unto me. But he would[H14] not hearken[H8085] unto her.
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Then he called[H7121] his servant[H5288] that ministered[H8334] unto him, and said[H559], Put[H7971] now this woman out[H2351] from me, and bolt[H5274] the door[H1817]after[H310] her.
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And she had a garment[H3801] of divers colours[H6446] upon her: for with such robes[H4598] were the king's daughters[H1323] that were virgins[H1330]apparelled[H3847]. Then his servant[H8334]brought[H3318] her out[H2351], and bolted[H5274] the door[H1817]after[H310] her.
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And Tamar[H8559]put[H3947]ashes[H665]on[H1980] her head[H7218], and rent[H7167] her garment[H3801] of divers colours[H6446] that was on[H1980] her, and laid[H7760] her hand[H3027]on[H1980] her head[H7218], and went[H3212]on[H1980]crying[H2199].
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And Absalom[H53] her brother[H251]said[H559] unto her, Hath Amnon[H550] thy brother[H251] been with thee? but hold now thy peace[H2790], my sister[H269]: he is thy brother[H251]; regard[H7896] not this thing[H1697]. So Tamar[H8559]remained[H3427]desolate[H8074] in her brother[H251]Absalom[H53]'s house[H1004].
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But when king[H4428]David[H1732]heard[H8085] of all these things[H1697], he was very[H3966]wroth[H2734].
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And Absalom[H53]spake[H1696] unto his brother Amnon[H550] neither good[H2896] nor bad[H7451]: for Absalom[H53]hated[H8130]Amnon[H550], because[H1697] he had forced[H6031] his sister[H269]Tamar[H8559].
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And it came to pass after two full[H3117]years[H8141], that Absalom[H53] had sheepshearers[H1494] in Baalhazor[H1178], which is beside Ephraim[H669]: and Absalom[H53]invited[H7121] all the king's sons[H1121].
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And Absalom[H53]came[H935] to the king[H4428], and said[H559], Behold now, thy servant[H5650] hath sheepshearers[H1494]; let[H3212] the king[H4428], I beseech thee, and his servants[H5650]go[H3212] with thy servant[H5650].
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And the king[H4428]said[H559] to Absalom[H53], Nay, my son[H1121], let us not all now go[H3212], lest we be chargeable[H3513] unto thee. And he pressed[H6555] him: howbeit he would[H14] not go[H3212], but blessed[H1288] him.
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Then said[H559]Absalom[H53], If not, I pray thee, let my brother[H251]Amnon[H550]go[H3212] with us. And the king[H4428]said[H559] unto him, Why should he go[H3212] with thee?
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But Absalom[H53]pressed[H6555] him, that he let Amnon[H550] and all the king's sons[H1121]go[H7971] with him.
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Now Absalom[H53] had commanded[H6680] his servants[H5288], saying[H559], Mark[H7200] ye now when Amnon[H550]'s heart[H3820] is merry[H2896] with wine[H3196], and when I say[H559] unto you, Smite[H5221]Amnon[H550]; then kill[H4191] him, fear[H3372] not: have not I commanded[H6680] you? be courageous[H2388], and be valiant[H1121].
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And the servants[H5288] of Absalom[H53]did[H6213] unto Amnon[H550] as Absalom[H53] had commanded[H6680]. Then all the king's sons[H1121]arose[H6965], and every man[H376] gat him up[H7392] upon his mule[H6505], and fled[H5127].
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And it came[H935] to pass, while they were in the way[H1870], that tidings[H8052]came[H935] to David[H1732], saying[H559], Absalom[H53] hath slain[H5221] all the king's sons[H1121], and there is not one[H259] of them left[H3498].
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Then the king[H4428]arose[H6965], and tare[H7167] his garments[H899], and lay[H7901] on the earth[H776]; and all his servants[H5650]stood[H5324] by with their clothes[H899]rent[H7167].
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And Jonadab[H3122], the son[H1121] of Shimeah[H8093] David's brother[H251], answered[H6030] and said[H559], Let not my lord[H113]suppose[H559] that they have slain[H4191] all the young men[H5288] the king's sons[H1121]; for Amnon[H550] only is dead[H4191]: for by the appointment[H6310] of Absalom[H53] this hath been determined[H7760] from the day[H3117] that he forced[H6031] his sister[H269]Tamar[H8559].
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Now therefore let not my lord[H113] the king[H4428]take[H7760] the thing[H1697] to his heart[H3820], to think[H559] that all the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121] are dead[H4191]: for Amnon[H550] only is dead[H4191].
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But Absalom[H53]fled[H1272]. And the young man[H5288] that kept the watch[H6822] lifted up[H5375] his eyes[H5869], and looked[H7200], and, behold, there came[H1980]much[H7227]people[H5971] by the way[H1870] of the hill[H2022]side[H6654]behind[H310] him.
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And Jonadab[H3122]said[H559] unto the king[H4428], Behold, the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121]come[H935]: as thy servant[H5650]said[H1697], so it is.
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And it came[H935] to pass, as soon as he had made an end[H3615] of speaking[H1696], that, behold, the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121]came[H935], and lifted up[H5375] their voice[H6963] and wept[H1058]: and the king[H4428] also and all his servants[H5650]wept[H1058]very[H3966]sore[H1065].
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But Absalom[H53]fled[H1272], and went[H3212] to Talmai[H8526], the son[H1121] of Ammihud[H5991], king[H4428] of Geshur[H1650]. And David mourned[H56] for his son[H1121] every day[H3117].
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So Absalom[H53]fled[H1272], and went[H3212] to Geshur[H1650], and was there three[H7969]years[H8141].
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And the soul of king[H4428]David[H1732]longed[H3615] to go forth[H3318] unto Absalom[H53]: for he was comforted[H5162] concerning Amnon[H550], seeing he was dead[H4191].