¹⁸ So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was wearing an ornate^[a] robe,^(A) for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the king wore. ¹⁹ Tamar put ashes^(B) on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went.

²⁰ Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom’s house, a desolate woman.