Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the nourishment into the bedroom, that I may have it from your hand. So Tamar picked up the cakes she had prepared and brought them to her brother Amnon in the bedroom. But when she brought them to him to eat, he seized her and said to her, Come! Lie with me, my sister! But she answered him, No my brother! Do not shame me! That is an intolerable crime in Israel. Do not commit this insensate deed. Where would I take my shame? And you would be a discredited man in Israel. So please, speak to the king; he will not keep me from you. Not heeding her plea, he overpowered her; he shamed her and had relations with her. Then Amnon conceived an intense hatred for her, which far surpassed the love he had had for her. Get up and leave, he said to her. She replied, No, brother, because to drive me out would be far worse than the first injury you have done me. He would not listen to her, but called the youth who was his attendant and said, Put her outside, away from me, and bar the door after her. Now she had on a long tunic, for that is how maiden princesses dressed in olden days. When his attendant put her out and barred the door after her, Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long tunic in which she was clothed. Then, putting her hands to her head, she went away crying loudly. Her brother Absalom said to her: Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be still now, my sister; he is your brother. Do not take this affair to heart. But Tamar remained grief-stricken and forlorn in the house of her brother Absalom. King David, who got word of the whole affair, became very angry. He did not, however, spark the resentment of his son Amnon, whom he favored because he was his first-born. Absalom, moreover, said nothing at all to Amnon, although he hated him for having shamed his sister Tamar. [2SAM 13:10-22] ===== Universal Life Church World Headquarters Saving Lives by Finding Jesus ©1996-2014 ulcnetwork/ #universallifechurch #michaelcauley #bible #biblequotes
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