2 Samuel 13:3-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

³ Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, who was a son of David’s brother Shimeah.^[a] Jonadab was a very clever man. ⁴ Jonadab said to Amnon, “Why do you, the king’s son, look so tired every morning? Won’t you tell me?”

Amnon said to him, “I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.”

⁵ Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. Your father will come to see you. Then you are to say to him, ‘Please! Have my sister Tamar come and give me some food to eat. Have her prepare the food in my presence so that I can watch and eat it from her hand.’”