2 Samuel 13:20

And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Absalom	אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם 'av.sha.Lom	H53	Abshalom · proper noun, a man's name
brother	אָחִ֗יהָ 'a.Chi.ha	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Amnon	הַאֲמִינ֣וֹן ha.'a.mi.Non	H550	Amnon (or Aminon) · interrogative particle + proper noun, a man's name
brother	אָחִיךְ֮ 'a.chiKh	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
peace	הַחֲרִ֙ישִׁי֙ ha.cha.Ri.shi	H2790	to scratch · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person feminine singular
sister	אֲחוֹתִ֤י 'a.cho.Ti	H269	a sister (used very widely (like brother) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
brother	אָחִ֣יךְ 'a.Chikh	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
regard	תָּשִׁ֥יתִי ta.Shi.ti	H7896	to place (in a very wide application) · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person feminine singular
thing	לַדָּבָ֣ר la.da.Var	H1697	a word · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Tamar	תָּמָר֙ ta.Mar	H8559	Tamar · proper noun, a woman's name
remained	וַתֵּ֤שֶׁב va.Te.shev	H3427	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
desolate	שָׁמֵם shâmêm	H8074	to stun (or intransitively
brother	אָחִֽיהָ 'a.Chi.ha	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
Absalom’s	אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם 'av.sha.Lom	H53	Abshalom · proper noun, a man's name
house	בֵּ֖ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Romans 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Genesis 34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
Genesis 46:15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters wer…
Proverbs 26:24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 13:1-20

We have here a particular account of the abominable wickedness of Amnon in ravishing his sister, a subject not fit to be enlarged upon nor indeed to be mentioned without blushing, that ever any man should be so vile, especially that a son of David should be so. Amnon's character, we have reason to think, was bad in other things; if he had not forsaken God, he would never have been given up to these vile affections. Godly parents have often been afflicted with wicked children; grace does not run in the blood, but corruption does. We do not find that David's children imitated him in his devotion; but his false steps they trod in, and in those did much worse, and repented not. Parents know not…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 13:20

So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house--He was her natural protector, and the children of polygamists lived by themselves, as if they constituted different families.

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 13:18

A garment of divers colors - See the note on Gen 37:3, where the same words occur.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 13:20

And Absalom her brother said unto her,.... Either meeting her in the street, or rather when come to his house: hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? been rude with thee, and lain with thee, which is the meaning of this modest expression; which he guessed at, having heard of her being sent to his house, and knowing his lustful disposition, and seeing her in such a forlorn condition: he calls him Aminon, for so it is in the Hebrew text, and not Amnon, by way of contempt, as Kimchi observes: but hold now thy peace, my sister; be silent, take no notice of this matter, say nothing of it to the king, nor any other, keep it in thine own breast, and make thyself easy: he is thy brother, regard n…

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Dictionary and topics

Amnon — Faithful. (1.) One of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra (1 Chr. 4:20; comp. 17). (2.) The eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel (1 Chr. 3:1; 2 Sam. 3:2). Absalom caused him to be put…
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Tamar — Palm. (1.) A place mentioned by Ezekiel (47:19; 48:28), on the southeastern border of Palestine. Some suppose this was “Tadmor” (q.v.). (2.) The daughter-in-law of Judah, to whose eldest son, Er, she…
Rape · of Absalom, Tamar’ s brother — of Absalom, Tamar’ s brother
Tamar · 2. Daughter of David — 2. Daughter of David

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 13:20

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Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 13:1-20

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Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 13:18

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2 Samuel 13:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 13:1-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 13:20

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 13:18

John Gill on 2 Samuel 13:20

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 13:1-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 13:20

Rashi on 2 Samuel 13:16