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2 Samuel 13:3-5
Common English Bible
2 Samuel 13:3-5
Common English Bible
3 But Amnon had a very clever friend named Jonadab, who was David's brother Shimeah’s son.
4 “Prince,” Jonadab said to him, “why are you so down, morning after morning? Tell me about it.”
So Amnon told him, “I’m in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.”
5 “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick,” Jonadab said to him. “When your father comes to see you, tell him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me some food to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I can watch and eat from her own hand.’”
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