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2 Samuel 13:1-3
New Catholic Bible
2 Samuel 13:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 13
The Crime of Amnon. 1 Sometime later the following events occurred. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and David’s son Amnon fell madly in love with her. 2 Amnon was obsessed with her to the point that he became ill because of his love for his sister Tamar, since she was a virgin and Amnon felt it was impossible for him even to approach her.
3 However, Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab. He was the son of David’s brother Shimeah, and he was an extremely devious man.
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