2 Samuel 13:4

He said to him, “Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

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WEBBE

He said to him, “Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

BSB

and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

KJV

And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.

ASV

And he said unto him, Why, O son of the king, art thou thus lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.

BBE

And he said to him, O son of the king, why are you getting thinner day by day? will you not say what your trouble is? And Amnon said to him, I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 לוֹ lo to (the) him H9033 מַדּוּעַ ma·du·a' why H4069 אַתָּה 'a·tah [are] you H859 כָּכָה ka·khah thus H3602 דַּל dal weak H1800 בֶּן־ ben- O son of H1121 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 בַּבֹּקֶר ba·bo·ker in the morning H1242 בַּבֹּקֶר ba·bo·ker in the morning H1242 הֲלוֹא ha·lo' ¿ not H3808 תַּגִּיד ta·gid will you tell H5046 לִי li to (the) me H9030 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 לוֹ lo to (the) him H9033 אַמְנוֹן 'am·non Amnon H550 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 תָּמָר ta·mar Tamar H8559 אֲחוֹת 'a·chot [the] sister of H269 אַבְשָׁלֹם 'av·sha·lom Absalom H53 אָחִי 'a·chi brother my H251 אֲנִי 'a·ni I H589 אֹהֵב 'o·hev [am] loving H157

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–20

From henceforward David was followed with one trouble after another. Adultery and murder were David's sins, the like sins among his children were the beginnings of his punishment: he was too indulgent to his children. Thus David might trace the sins of his children to his own misconduct, which must have made the anguish of the chastisement worse. Let no one ever expect good treatment from those who are capable of attempting their seduction; but it is better to suffer the greatest wrong than to commit the least sin.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.