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21 When King David heard about all this he got very angry, but he refused to punish his son Amnon because he loved him as his oldest child.[a] 22 Absalom never spoke to Amnon, good word or bad, because he hated him for raping his sister Tamar.

Absalom kills Amnon

23 Two years later, Absalom was shearing sheep at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, and he invited all the king’s sons.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 13:21 LXX, DSS(4QSama); MT lacks but he refused… oldest child.

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