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2 Samuel 13:6

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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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2 Samuel 13:6 in other translations

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.

2 Samuel 13:6 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 13:6 in context

  1. 4He said to him, “Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won’t you tell me?”
    Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
  2. 5Jonadab said to him, “Lay down on your bed, and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.’ ”
  3. 6So 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.”
  4. 7Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.”
  5. 8So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. She took dough, and kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.