2 Samuel 13:6

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Amnon	אַמְנ֖וֹן 'am.Non	H550	Amnon (or Aminon) · proper noun, a man's name
down	וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב vai.yish.Kav	H7901	to lie down (for rest · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sick	וַיִּתְחָ֑ל vai.yit.Chal	H2470	properly · conjunction + verb, hithpael sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
king	הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
come	וַיָּבֹ֨א vai.ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
see	לִרְאֹת֗וֹ lir.'o.To	H7200	to see · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Amnon	אַמְנ֤וֹן 'am.Non	H550	Amnon (or Aminon) · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
king	הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Tamar	תָּמָ֣ר ta.Mar	H8559	Tamar · proper noun, a woman's name
sister	אֲחֹתִ֗י 'a.cho.Ti	H269	a sister (used very widely (like brother) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
come	תָּֽבוֹא ta.Vo'-	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
make	וּתְלַבֵּ֤ב u.te.la.Bev	H3823	(in a good sense) transport (with love) · conjunction + verb, piel, 3rd person feminine singular
couple	שְׁתֵּ֣י she.Tei	H8147	two · noun, common feminine dual construct
cakes	לְבִב֔וֹת le.vi.Vot	H3834	a cake (either as fried or turned) · noun, common feminine plural absolute
sight	לְעֵינַי֙ le.'ei.Nai	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix
eat	וְאֶבְרֶ֖ה ve.'ev.Reh	H1262	to select · conjunction + verb, qal, 1st person common singular
hand	מִיָּדָֽהּ mi.ya.Dah	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Genesis 18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the h…
Matthew 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till t…

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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 13:6

HE DEFILES HER. (2Sa. 13:6-27) Amnon lay down, and made himself sick--The Orientals are great adepts in feigning sickness, whenever they have any object to accomplish. let Tamar my sister come and make me a couple of cakes--To the king Amnon spoke of Tamar as "his sister," a term artfully designed to hoodwink his father; and the request appeared so natural, the delicate appetite of a sick man requiring to be humored, that the king promised to send her. The cakes seem to have been a kind of fancy bread, in the preparation of which Oriental ladies take great delight. Tamar, flattered by the invitation, lost no time in rendering the required service in the house of her sick brother.

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 13:3

Jonadab was a very subtle man - And most diabolic advice did he give to his cousin. We talk of the simplicity and excellence of primitive times! "Say not thou what is the cause that the former days were better than these." Take them altogether, we may thank God that they are past, and pray him that they may never return.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 13:6

So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick,.... Took the advice of his cousin Jonadab, and acted according to it: and when the king was come to see him; as he quickly did, after he had heard of his illness: Amnon said unto the king; who perhaps inquired of his appetite, whether he could eat anything, and what: I pray thee let my sister Tamar come; he calls her sister, as Jonadab had directed, the more to blind his design; though it is much that so sagacious a man as David was had not seen through it; but the notion he had of his being really ill, and the near relation between him and Tamar, forbad his entertaining the least suspicion of that kind: and make me a couple of cakes in my sight;…

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.…
Jehonadab — Jehovah is liberal; or, whom Jehovah impels. (1.) A son of Shimeah, and nephew of David. It was he who gave the fatal wicked advice to Amnon, the heir to the throne (2 Sam. 13:3-6). He was very…
Jonadab — =Jehon’adab. (1.) The son of Rechab, and founder of the Rechabites (q.v.), 2 Kings 10:15; Jer. 35:6, 10. (2.) The son of Shimeah, David’s brother (2 Sam. 13:3). He was “a very subtil man.”
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…
Bread · .in pans — .in pans
Deception · .Amnon — .Amnon
Lasciviousness · .Amnon — .Amnon
Rape · of Absalom, Tamar’ s brother — of Absalom, Tamar’ s brother
Seduction · .Of Tamar — .Of Tamar
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 13:6

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 13:1-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 13:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 13:3

John Gill on 2 Samuel 13:6

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 13:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 13:1-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 13:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 13:3

John Gill on 2 Samuel 13:6

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 13:1-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 13:4

Rashi on 2 Samuel 13:5