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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Amnon and Tamar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.13.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">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.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.13.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David&#8217;s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He asked Amnon, &#8220;Why do you, the king&#8217;s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won&#8217;t you tell me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.13.4"><span class="content">Amnon said to him, &#8220;I&#8217;m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom&#8217;s sister.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.13.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go to bed and pretend to be ill,&#8221; Jonadab said. &#8220;When your father comes to see you, say to him, &#8216;I 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.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.13.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, &#8220;I would like my sister Tamar to come and make some special bread in my sight, so I may eat from her hand.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.13.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">David sent word to Tamar at the palace: &#8220;Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">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. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.13.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Send everyone out of here,&#8221; Amnon said. So everyone left him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Amnon said to Tamar, &#8220;Bring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from your hand.&#8221; And Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, &#8220;Come to bed with me, my sister.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.13.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;No, my brother!&#8221; she said to him. &#8220;Don&#8217;t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don&#8217;t do this wicked thing. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">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.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.13.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, &#8220;Get up and get out!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.13.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;No!&#8221; she said to him. &#8220;Sending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.13.16"><span class="content">But he refused to listen to her. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He called his personal servant and said, &#8220;Get this woman out of my sight and bolt the door after her.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was wearing an ornate</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:18 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 19.</span></span></span><span class="content"> robe, for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the king wore. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Tamar put ashes 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.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.13.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Her brother Absalom said to her, &#8220;Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother. Don&#8217;t take this thing to heart.&#8221; And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom&#8217;s house, a desolate woman.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.13.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When King David heard all this, he was furious. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Absalom Kills Amnon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.13.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Two years later, when Absalom&#8217;s sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king&#8217;s sons to come there. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Absalom went to the king and said, &#8220;Your servant has had shearers come. Will the king and his attendants please join me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.13.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;No, my son,&#8221; the king replied. &#8220;All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.&#8221; Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.13.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then Absalom said, &#8220;If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.13.26"><span class="content">The king asked him, &#8220;Why should he go with you?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king&#8217;s sons.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.13.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Absalom ordered his men, &#8220;Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, &#8216;Strike Amnon down,&#8217; then kill him. Don&#8217;t be afraid. Haven&#8217;t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">So Absalom&#8217;s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king&#8217;s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.13.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">While they were on their way, the report came to David: &#8220;Absalom has struck down all the king&#8217;s sons; not one of them is left.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The king stood up, tore his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.13.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David&#8217;s brother, said, &#8220;My lord should not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom&#8217;s express intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">My lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the king&#8217;s sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.13.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.13.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, Absalom had fled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.13.34"><span class="content">Now the man standing watch looked up and saw many people on the road west of him, coming down the side of the hill. The watchman went and told the king, &#8220;I see men in the direction of Horonaim, on the side of the hill.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:34 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew does not have this sentence.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.13.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2SA.13.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jonadab said to the king, &#8220;See, the king&#8217;s sons have come; it has happened just as your servant said.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2SA.13.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="2SA.13.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">As he finished speaking, the king&#8217;s sons came in, wailing loudly. The king, too, and all his attendants wept very bitterly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="2SA.13.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2SA.13.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2SA.13.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="2SA.13.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="2SA.13.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he was consoled concerning Amnon&#8217;s death.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These were the sons of David born to him in Hebron:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.3.1"><span class="content">The firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.3.1"><span class="content">the second, Daniel the son of Abigail of Carmel;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.3.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.3.2"><span class="content">the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.3.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.3.3"><span class="content">and the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.3.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">These six were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.3.4"><span class="content">David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and these were the children born to him there:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.3.5"><span class="content">Shammua,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shimea, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Shammua</span></span></span><span class="content"> Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. These four were by Bathsheba</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:5 </span><span class="ft">One Hebrew manuscript and Vulgate (see also Septuagint and <span class="ref" usfm="2SA.11.3">2 Samuel 11:3</span>); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Bathshua</span></span></span><span class="content"> daughter of Ammiel. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There were also Ibhar, Elishua,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts (see also <span class="ref" usfm="2SA.5.15">2 Samuel 5:15</span> and <span class="ref" usfm="1CH.14.5">1 Chron. 14:5</span>); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Elishama</span></span></span><span class="content"> Eliphelet, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet&#8212;nine in all. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All these were the sons of David, besides his sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">62</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 62</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 62:1-12 is numbered 62:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.62.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Truly my soul finds rest in God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.62.1"><span class="content">my salvation comes from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.62.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Truly he is my rock and my salvation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"><span class="content">he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">How long will you assault me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="content">Would all of you throw me down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="content">this leaning wall, this tottering fence?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Surely they intend to topple me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">from my lofty place;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">they take delight in lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">With their mouths they bless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">but in their hearts they curse.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">62:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.62.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Yes, my soul, find rest in God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.62.5"><span class="content">my hope comes from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.62.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.62.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Truly he is my rock and my salvation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.62.6"><span class="content">he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.62.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.62.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My salvation and my honor depend on God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">62:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">/ God Most High is my salvation and my honor</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.62.7"><span class="content">he is my mighty rock, my refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.62.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Trust in him at all times, you people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="content">pour out your hearts to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="content">for God is our refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Surely the lowborn are but a breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">the highborn are but a lie.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">If weighed on a balance, they are nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">together they are only a breath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do not trust in extortion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">or put vain hope in stolen goods;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">though your riches increase,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">do not set your heart on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One thing God has spoken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="content">two things I have heard:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Power belongs to you, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.62.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and with you, Lord, is unfailing love&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.62.12"><span class="content">and, &#8220;You reward everyone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.62.12"><span class="content">according to what they have done.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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