2 Samuel 13

1 and to be after so and to/for Absalom son: child David sister beautiful and name her Tamar and to love: lover her Amnon son: child David

Now after these things, it happened that Amnon, the son of David, was in love with the very beautiful sister of Absalom, the son of David, and she was called Tamar.

2 and be distressed to/for Amnon to/for be weak: ill in/on/with for the sake of Tamar sister his for virgin he/she/it and to wonder in/on/with eye: appearance Amnon to/for to make: do to/for her anything

And he pined for her exceedingly, so much so that, out of love for her, he became ill. For, since she was a virgin, it seemed a difficulty to him that he would do anything dishonest with her.

3 and to/for Amnon neighbor and name his Jonadab son: child Shimeah brother: male-sibling David and Jonadab man wise much

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, the brother of David: a very prudent man.

4 and to say to/for him why? you(m. s.) thus poor son: child [the] king in/on/with morning in/on/with morning not to tell to/for me and to say to/for him Amnon [obj] Tamar sister Absalom brother: male-sibling my I to love: lover

And he said to him: “Why are you becoming so thin from day to day, O son of the king? Why won’t you tell me?” And Amnon said to him, “I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.”

5 and to say to/for him Jonadab to lie down: lay down upon bed your and be weak: ill and to come (in): come father your to/for to see: see you and to say to(wards) him to come (in): come please Tamar sister my and to eat me food: bread and to make to/for eye: seeing my [obj] [the] food because which to see: see and to eat from hand her

And Jonadab said to him: “Lie down upon your bed, and feign sickness. And when your father will come to visit you, say to him: ‘I ask you to let my sister Tamar come to me, so that she may give me food, and may make a small meal, so that I may eat it from her hand.’”

6 and to lie down: lay down Amnon and be weak: ill and to come (in): come [the] king to/for to see: see him and to say Amnon to(wards) [the] king to come (in): come please Tamar sister my and to bake to/for eye: seeing my two cake and to eat from hand her

And so, Amnon lay down, and he began to act as if he were ill. And when the king had come to visit him, Amnon said to the king, “I beg you to let my sister Tamar come to me, and make in my sight two little portions of food, so that I take it from her hand.”

7 and to send: depart David to(wards) Tamar [the] house: home [to] to/for to say to go: went please house: home Amnon brother: male-sibling your and to make to/for him [the] food

Therefore, David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Come to the house of your brother Amnon, and make a small meal for him.”

8 and to go: went Tamar house: home Amnon brother: male-sibling her and he/she/it to lie down: lay down and to take: take [obj] [the] dough (and to knead *Q(k)*) and to bake to/for eye: seeing his and to boil [obj] [the] cake

And Tamar went into the house of her brother Amnon. But he was lying down. And taking flour, she mixed it. And dissolving it in his sight, she cooked little portions of food.

9 and to take: take [obj] [the] pan and to pour: set down to/for face: before his and to refuse to/for to eat and to say Amnon to come out: send all man from upon me and to come out: come all man from upon him

And taking what she had cooked, she poured it out, and she set it before him. But he refused to eat. And Amnon said, “Send everyone away from me.” And when they had sent everyone away,

10 and to say Amnon to(wards) Tamar to come (in): bring [the] food [the] chamber and to eat from hand your and to take: take Tamar [obj] [the] cake which to make and to come (in): bring to/for Amnon brother: male-sibling her [the] chamber [to]

Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat from your hand.” Therefore, Tamar took the little portions of food that she had made, and she brought them to her brother Amnon in the bedroom.

11 and to approach: bring to(wards) him to/for to eat and to strengthen: hold in/on/with her and to say to/for her to come (in): come to lie down: lay down with me sister my

And when she had presented the food to him, he took hold of her, and he said, “Come lie with me, my sister.”

12 and to say to/for him not brother: male-sibling my not to afflict me for not to make: do so in/on/with Israel not to make: do [obj] [the] folly [the] this

She answered him: “Do not do so, my brother! Do not force me. For no such thing must be done in Israel. Do not choose to do this senseless act.

13 and I where? to go: take [obj] reproach my and you(m. s.) to be like/as one [the] foolish in/on/with Israel and now to speak: speak please to(wards) [the] king for not to withhold me from you

For I will not be able to bear my shame. And you will be like one of the foolish in Israel. For it is better to speak to the king, and he will not deny me to you.”

14 and not be willing to/for to hear: hear in/on/with voice: listen her and to strengthen: strengthen from her and to afflict her and to lie down: lay down with her

But he was not willing to agree to her petition. Instead, prevailing by strength, he forced her, and he lay with her.

15 and to hate her Amnon hating great: large much for great: large [the] hating which to hate her from love which to love: lover her and to say to/for her Amnon to arise: rise to go: went

And Amnon held hatred for her with an exceedingly great hatred, so much so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her before. And Amnon said to her, “Rise up, and go away.”

16 and to say to/for him not because [the] distress: evil [the] great: large [the] this from another which to make: do with me to/for to send: depart me and not be willing to/for to hear: hear to/for her

And she answered him, “This evil is greater, which you are now doing against me in driving me away, than what you did before.” But he was not willing to listen to her.

17 and to call: call to [obj] youth his to minister him and to say to send: let go please [obj] this from upon me [the] outside [to] and to lock [the] door after her

Instead, calling the servants who were ministering to him, he said, “Cast this woman out from me, and close the door behind her.”

18 and upon her tunic long-sleeved for so to clothe daughter [the] king [the] virgin robe and to come out: send [obj] her to minister him [the] outside and to lock [the] door after her

Now she was clothed with an ankle-length robe. For the virgin daughters of the king made use of this kind of garment. And so, his servant cast her out, and he closed the door behind her.

19 and to take: bring Tamar ashes upon head her and tunic [the] long-sleeved which upon her to tear and to set: put hand her upon head her and to go: went to go: went and to cry out

And she sprinkled ashes upon her head, and she tore her ankle-length robe. And placing her hands upon her head, she went forth, walking and crying out.

20 and to say to(wards) her Absalom brother: male-sibling her Amnon brother: male-sibling your to be with you and now sister my be quiet brother: male-sibling your he/she/it not to set: consider [obj] heart your to/for word: thing [the] this and to dwell Tamar and devastated house: home Absalom brother: male-sibling her

Then her brother Absalom said to her: “Has your brother Amnon lain with you? But now, sister, be quiet. For he is your brother. And you should not afflict your heart because of this matter.” And so, Tamar remained, wasting away in the house of her brother Absalom.

21 and [the] king David to hear: hear [obj] all [the] word: thing [the] these and to be incensed to/for him much

And when king David had heard about these things, he was deeply grieved. But he was not willing to afflict the spirit of his son Amnon. For he loved him, since he was his firstborn.

22 and not to speak: speak Absalom with Amnon to/for from bad: harmful and till pleasant for to hate Absalom [obj] Amnon upon word: because which to afflict [obj] Tamar sister his

Yet Absalom did not speak to Amnon, neither good nor evil. For Absalom hated Amnon because he had violated his sister Tamar.

23 and to be to/for year day and to be to shear to/for Absalom in/on/with Baal-hazor Baal-hazor which with Ephraim and to call: call to Absalom to/for all son: child [the] king

Then, after the time of two years, it happened that the sheep of Absalom were being shorn in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim. And Absalom invited all the sons of the king.

24 and to come (in): come Absalom to(wards) [the] king and to say behold please to shear to/for servant/slave your to go: went please [the] king and servant/slave his with servant/slave your

And he went to the king, and he said to him: “Behold, the sheep of your servant are being shorn. I ask that the king, with his servants, may come to his servant.”

25 and to say [the] king to(wards) Absalom not son: child my not please to go: went all our and not to honor: heavy upon you and to break through in/on/with him and not be willing to/for to go: went and to bless him

And the king said to Absalom: “Do not, my son, do not choose to ask that we may all come and be a burden to you.” Then, after he urged him, and he had refused to go, he blessed him.

26 and to say Absalom and not to go: went please with us Amnon brother: male-sibling my and to say to/for him [the] king to/for what? to go: went with you

And Absalom said, “If you are not willing to come, I beg you, at least let my brother Amnon come with us.” And the king said to him, “It is not necessary that he go with you.”

27 and to break through in/on/with him Absalom and to send: let go with him [obj] Amnon and [obj] all son: child [the] king

But Absalom pressed him, and so he sent with him Amnon and all the sons of the king. And Absalom made a feast, like the feast of a king.

28 and to command Absalom [obj] youth his to/for to say to see: select please like/as be pleasing heart Amnon in/on/with wine and to say to(wards) you to smite [obj] Amnon and to die [obj] him not to fear not for I to command [obj] you to strengthen: strengthen and to be to/for son: warrior strength

Then Absalom commanded his servants, saying: “Observe when Amnon will have become drunk with wine. And when I say to you, ‘Strike and kill him!’ do not be afraid. For it is I who commands you. Be strong and valiant men.”

29 and to make: do youth Absalom to/for Amnon like/as as which to command Absalom and to arise: rise all son: child [the] king and to ride man: anyone upon mule his and to flee

Therefore, the servants of Absalom acted against Amnon, just as Absalom had commanded them. And all the sons of the king rose up, and each one climbed upon his mule and fled.

30 and to be they(masc.) in/on/with way: journey and [the] tidings to come (in): come to(wards) David to/for to say to smite Absalom [obj] all son: child [the] king and not to remain from them one

And while they were still traveling on the journey, a rumor reached David, saying, “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king, and there is not one of them remaining.”

31 and to arise: rise [the] king and to tear [obj] garment his and to lie down: lay down land: soil [to] and all servant/slave his to stand to tear garment

And so the king rose up, and he tore his garments, and he fell upon the ground. And all his servants, who were standing near him, tore their garments.

32 and to answer Jonadab son: child Shimeah brother: male-sibling David and to say not to say lord my [obj] all [the] youth son: child [the] king to die for Amnon to/for alone him to die for upon lip: word Absalom to be fate from day to afflict he [obj] Tamar sister his

But Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, responding, said: “My lord the king should not consider that all the sons of the king have been slain. Amnon alone is dead. For he was set against by the mouth of Absalom from the day that he raped his sister Tamar.

33 and now not to set: consider lord my [the] king to(wards) heart his word: thing to/for to say all son: child [the] king to die for (if: except *Q(K)*) Amnon to/for alone him to die

Now therefore, let not my lord the king set this word in his heart, saying, ‘All the sons of the king have been slain.’ For only Amnon is dead.”

34 and to flee Absalom and to lift: look [the] youth [the] to watch [obj] (eye his *Q(K)*) and to see: see and behold people many to go: come from way: road after him (in/on/with descent and to come (in): come [the] to watch and to tell to/for king and to say human to see: see to go down from way: direction Horonaim *X*) from side [the] mountain: mount

Now Absalom fled. And the young man keeping watch, lifted up his eyes and gazed out. And behold, many people were arriving along a remote road at the side of the mountain.

35 and to say Jonadab to(wards) [the] king behold son: child [the] king to come (in): come like/as word: speaking servant/slave your so to be

And Jonadab said to the king: “Behold, the sons of the king are here. In accord with the word of your servant, so it has happened.”

36 and to be like/as to end: finish he to/for to speak: speak and behold son: child [the] king to come (in): come and to lift: loud voice their and to weep and also [the] king and all servant/slave his to weep weeping great: large much

And when he had ceased speaking, the sons of the king also appeared. And entering, they lifted up their voice, and they wept. And the king also, and all his servants, wept with an exceedingly great weeping.

37 and Absalom to flee and to go: went to(wards) Talmai son: child (Ammihud *Q(K)*) king Geshur and to mourn upon son: child his all [the] day: daily

But Absalom, fleeing, went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. Then David mourned for his son every day.

38 and Absalom to flee and to go: went Geshur and to be there three year

Now after he had fled and had arrived in Geshur, Absalom was in that place for three years.

39 and to end: decides David [the] king to/for to come out: come to(wards) Absalom for to be sorry: comfort upon Amnon for to die

And king David ceased to pursue Absalom, because he had been consoled over the passing of Amnon.