2 Samuel 13:6

So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”

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WEBBE

So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”

BSB

So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

KJV

So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

ASV

So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.

BBE

So Amnon went to bed and made himself seem ill: and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let my sister Tamar come and make me one or two cakes before my eyes, so that I may take food from her hand.

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וַיִּשְׁכַּב vai·yish·kav and he lay down H7901 אַמְנוֹן 'am·non Amnon H550 וַיִּתְחָל vai·yit·chal and he made himself sick H2470 וַיָּבֹא vai·ya·vo' and he came H935 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 לִרְאֹתוֹ lir·'o·to to see him H7200 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אַמְנוֹן 'am·non Amnon H550 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 תָּבוֹא־ ta·vo'- let her come H935 נָא na' please H4994 תָּמָר ta·mar Tamar H8559 אֲחֹתִי 'a·cho·ti sister my H269 וּתְלַבֵּב u·te·la·bev and let her make cakes H3823 לְעֵינַי le·'ei·nai to eyes my H5869 שְׁתֵּי she·tei two H8147 לְבִבוֹת le·vi·vot cakes H3834 וְאֶבְרֶה ve·'ev·reh so I may eat H1262 מִיָּדָהּ mi·ya·dah from hand her H3027

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.