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b'2 Samuel 13:1-18\\n\\nAmnon and Tamar\\n13 In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.\\n\\n2 Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.\\n\\n3 Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David\\u2019s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man. 4 He asked Amnon, \\u201cWhy do you, the king\\u2019s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won\\u2019t you tell me?\\u201d\\n\\nAmnon said to him, \\u201cI\\u2019m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom\\u2019s sister.\\u201d\\n\\n5 \\u201cGo to bed and pretend to be ill,\\u201d Jonadab said. \\u201cWhen your father comes to see you, say to him, \\u2018I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.\\u2019\\u201d\\n\\n6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, \\u201cI would like my sister Tamar to come and make some special bread in my sight, so I may eat from her hand.\\u201d\\n\\n7 David sent word to Tamar at the palace: \\u201cGo to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.\\u201d 8 So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made the bread in his sight and baked it. 9 Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat.\\n\\n\\u201cSend everyone out of here,\\u201d Amnon said. So everyone left him. 10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, \\u201cBring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from your hand.\\u201d And Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom. 11 But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, \\u201cCome to bed with me, my sister.\\u201d\\n\\n12 \\u201cNo, my brother!\\u201d she said to him. \\u201cDon\\u2019t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don\\u2019t do this wicked thing. 13 What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you.\\u201d 14 But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her.\\n\\n15 Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, \\u201cGet up and get out!\\u201d\\n\\n16 \\u201cNo!\\u201d she said to him. \\u201cSending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.\\u201d\\n\\nBut he refused to listen to her. 17 He called his personal servant and said, \\u201cGet this woman out of my sight and bolt the door after her.\\u201d 18 So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was wearing an ornate robe, for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the king wore.'