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

After this, Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

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

Amnon was so troubled that he became sick because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.

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

But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle 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

He said to him, “Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

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

Jonadab said to him, “Lay down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and 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

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.”

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

Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food 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

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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!”

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, “No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don’t you do this folly!

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

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.”

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

However, he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her and 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

Then Amnon hated her with exceedingly great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Arise, be gone!”

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

She said to him, “Not so, because this great wrong in sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me!” But he would not 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

Then he called his servant who ministered to him, and said, “Now put this woman out from me, and bolt the door after 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

She had a garment of various colours on her, for the king’s daughters who were virgins dressed in such robes. Then his servant brought her out and bolted the door after 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

Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various colours that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head and went her way, crying aloud as she went.

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

Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.

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

But when King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.

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

Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced 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

After two full years, Absalom had sheep shearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim; and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

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

Absalom came to the king and said, “See now, your servant has sheep shearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your 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

The king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let’s not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him; however he would not go, but 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

Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king said to him, “Why should 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 he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.

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

Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “Mark now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant!”

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

The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man got up on 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

While they were on the way, the news came to David, saying, “Absalom has slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left!”

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

Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

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

Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered, “Don’t let my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced 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 don’t let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead; 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

But Absalom fled. The young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming by way of the hillside behind him.

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

Jonadab said to the king, “Behold, the king’s sons are coming! It is as your servant said.”

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

As soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voices and wept. The king also and all his servants wept bitterly.

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 fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.

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

So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there 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

King David longed to go out to Absalom, for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.