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2 Samuel 13:14-16
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14 Despite her entreaty, he would not listen to her. Rather, he overpowered her and raped her. 15 Then Amnon was seized with intense hatred for her, a hatred that was far greater than the love he had had for her. “Get up and leave,” he said. 16 But she answered: “No, my brother. If you send me away, that would be an even greater wrong[a] than the other wrong you perpetrated against me.” However, he refused to listen to her.

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  1. 2 Samuel 13:16 An even greater wrong: rape was a terrible sin (Deut 22:28-29) and what Amnon did by rejecting Tamar only added to the seriousness of his wrongdoing. She would be unable to prove her innocence, and now that she was no longer a virgin, she had no chance of marrying.
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