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2 Samuel 13:21-23
New Catholic Bible
2 Samuel 13:21-23
New Catholic Bible
21 [a]When King David learned about all this, he became extremely angry. However, he did not punish his son Amnon because he was his firstborn and he loved him. 22 But Absalom refused to say a single word to Amnon, either good or bad, since he hated Amnon because he had raped his sister Tamar.
23 Absalom’s Plot. Two years later, when Absalom had sheep-shearers at Baal-hazor, near Ephraim, he invited all of the king’s sons.
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- 2 Samuel 13:21 David’s righteous anger over Amnon’s rape and betrayal of Tamar never resulted in punishment of his eldest son. One wonders if David’s own indiscretion with Bathsheba colored his response. His ill feelings toward his son continued and when Absalom seeks revenge and kills Amnon, David again side skirts the issue, once again demonstrating David’s vulnerability and ineffectiveness as a family man.
