So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”
Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.” So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. She took dough, and kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes. She took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. Amnon said, “Have all men leave me.” Then every man went out from him. Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the room, that I may eat from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the room to Amnon her brother. When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister!”
She answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don’t you do this folly. As for me, where would I carry my shame? And as for you, you will be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.”
However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv6, 8, 9, 13 Meaning, some delicate and dainty meat.
Meaning, some delicate and dainty meat.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv6–14 2Sa 13:6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself…
2Sa 13:6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
Ver. 6. So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick.] He was Cereus in vitium flecti, easily drawn to do evil. He answered Jonadab, upon the matter, as Tiberius did Justinus, I am only thy clay and wax. Oh that we could find men so docile and ductile to that which is good! Sed hoc est magis optabile quam opinabile.
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And when the king was come to see him.] As fearing to lose him, like as he had lately done the child of his adultery. But could he have foreseen what shortly followed, he would either have wished himself childless with Augustus, or else have said with Moses in another case, Lord, if thou deal thus with me, "kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness." {Num 11:15}
And make me a couple of cakes.] Laganet ante oculos meos duo lagana. Let her prepare me two cordial cakes, such as may refresh my heart; so the word signifieth.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 It is strange that so wise and sagacious a…
It is strange that so wise and sagacious a person as David did not see through so vain a pretence; but that must be ascribed partly to the instincts of nature, which generally preserve near relations from such monstrous actions; and partly to God’s providence, which blinded David’s mind, that he might bring upon him the designed and threatened judgments.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv6–14 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick,.... Took…
So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick,.... Took the advice of his cousin Jonadab, and acted according to it:
and when the king was come to see him; as he quickly did, after he had heard of his illness:
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Amnon said unto the king; who perhaps inquired of his appetite, whether he could eat anything, and what:
I pray thee let my sister Tamar come; he calls her sister, as Jonadab had directed, the more to blind his design; though it is much that so sagacious a man as David was had not seen through it; but the notion he had of his being really ill, and the near relation between him and Tamar, forbad his entertaining the least suspicion of that kind:
and make me a couple of cakes in my sight; heart cakes, as the word may be thought to signify; called so either from the form of them, such as We have with us, or from the effect of them, comforting and refreshing the heart:
that I may eat at her hand; both what is made by her hand, and received from it.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv9, 10, 12, 13 Out - Out of the frying-pan into the dish.
Out - Out of the frying-pan into the dish.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv12–13 Verse 12. Nay, my brother] There is something exceedingly…
Verse 12. Nay, my brother] There is something exceedingly tender and persuasive in this speech of Tamar; but Amnon was a mere brute, and it was all lost on him.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv10, 12, 13 2Sa 13:10. Amnon said, Bring the meat into the…
2Sa 13:10. Amnon said, Bring the meat into the chamber — It is probable that when Tamar first came, Amnon had received her in an outward room, but that, pretending now to be fatigued, he retired into his chamber, desiring her to go along with him, that he might put his design upon her in execution without being interrupted; it being an inner chamber probably, remote from any other room.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv6, 12, 13 Make me cakes ... a pan - The words…
Make me cakes ... a pan - The words here used occur nowhere else, and the etymology is doubtful. Some particular kind of cake or pudding is meant 2Sa 13:8, called a לביבה lābı̂ybâh; according to some, it was, from its etymology, shaped like a heart.
2Sa 13:9
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The dish into which she poured the לביבה lābı̂ybâh was doubtless borne to him by one of the servants into the chamber where he lay, and from which, the doors being open, he could see the outer room where Tamar prepared the meat.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv6, 9, 10, 12, 13 Messes. Hebrew, "cakes, or cordials;" what which refresh the…
Messes. Hebrew, "cakes, or cordials;" what which refresh the heart, and give an appetite. The queen of Perdiccas, of Macedon, baked bread for her servants. (Herodotus viii. 137.) (Genesis xviii. 6.)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv6, 12 HE DEFILES HER. (2Sa. 13:6-27)
HE DEFILES HER. (2Sa. 13:6-27)
Amnon lay down, and made himself sick--The Orientals are great adepts in feigning sickness, whenever they have any object to accomplish.
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let Tamar my sister come and make me a couple of cakes--To the king Amnon spoke of Tamar as "his sister," a term artfully designed to hoodwink his father; and the request appeared so natural, the delicate appetite of a sick man requiring to be humored, that the king promised to send her. The cakes seem to have been a kind of fancy bread, in the preparation of which Oriental ladies take great delight. Tamar, flattered by the invitation, lost no time in rendering the required service in the house of her sick brother.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv6, 8, 10, 12, 13 6. Cakes — Hebrews, heart cakes; some kind of…
6. Cakes — Hebrews, heart cakes; some kind of delicious pastry, perhaps folded and laid together in the shape of a heart.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13 6. cakes] The word occurs here only, and may…
6. cakes] The word occurs here only, and may denote some special delicacy suited for an invalid.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv6, 9, 12, 13 (6) That I may eat at her hand.—This request…
(6) That I may eat at her hand.—This request from an invalid seemed natural, and was readily granted.
Sent home.—Literally, into the house; i.e., to the private apartments of the women—the harem.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv7, 9, 12, 13 A princess; the daughter of David and Maacah (of…
Tamar.
A princess; the daughter of David and Maacah (of Geshur), and sister of Absalom; distinguished for her beauty, modesty, domesticity, obedience (ver. 8), tender heartedness, piety, and misfortunes. In her we see an illustration of (what has often occurred):
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1. Purity pursued by licentious desire (ver. 2).
2. Simplicity beset by wily designs (ver. 5).
3. Kindness requited by selfish ingratitude (vers. 9, 10).
4. Confidence exposed to enticing persuasions and perilous temptation( ver. 11).
5. Virtue overpowered by brutal violence (ver. 14).
6. Innocence vilified by guilty aversion (ver. 17). "So fair had she goneforth on what seemed her errand of mercy, so foully had she been driven back" (Edersheim). "Let no one ever expect better treatment from those who are capable of attempting their seduction; but it is better to suffer the greatest wrong than to commit the least sin" (Matthew Henry).
7. Sorrow assuaged by brotherly sympathy (ver. 20).
8. Injury avenged with terrible severity (ver. 28). D.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv7, 10, 13 David sent word
David sent word
This means that he sent a messenger to speak to Tamar. AT: "David sent a messenger" (See: Metonymy)
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dough
a thick mixture of flour and liquid used for baking
kneaded
used her hands to mix the dough
in his sight
This means that Tamar made the bread in front of him. AT: "in front of him" or "in his presence" (See: Idiom)
So everyone went out from him
To "go out from someone" means to leave them. AT: "So everyone left him" (See: Idiom)
translationWords
David
word
Tamar
palace
Amnon
bread
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv12–14 13:12 wicked things: The Hebrew word nebalah (“outrage,” “deplorable…
13:12 wicked things: The Hebrew word nebalah (“outrage,” “deplorable act”) often describes sexual crimes such as rape and adultery (Gen 34:7; Deut 22:21; Judg 20:6, 10; Jer 29:23) that the perpetrator must pay for with his life. • in Israel: The addition of this phrase either indicates indignation that the crime happened among Israelites or characterizes the act as a violation of Israelite standards of sexual morality.
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