2 Samuel 13:18-20

The Voice

¹⁸ Because Tamar had been a royal virgin, she wore a distinctive robe with long sleeves. When Amnon’s servant threw her out into the street and barred her return, ¹⁹ Tamar heaped ashes on her head and tore her long, beautiful robe in mourning for what had happened to her. Then she walked back toward her home wailing, one hand to her head, showing everyone that tragedy and shame had fallen on her.

²⁰ Tamar’s brother Absalom found her.

Absalom had begun to make plans for revenge. So Tamar remained a broken woman living in her brother Absalom’s house.