2 Samuel 13 · Verse 15

2 Samuel 13:15

Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

2 Samuel 13:15, King James Version

2 Samuel 13:15 in other translations

BSB	Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
WEB	Then Amnon hated her with exceedingly great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Arise, be gone!”
ASV	Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
YLT	And Amnon hateth her--a very great hatred--that greater is the hatred with which he hath hated her than the love with which he loved her, and Amnon saith to her, ‘Rise, go.'
DARBY	And Amnon hated her with an exceeding great hatred, for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone.
BBE	Then Amnon was full of hate for her, hating her with a hate greater than his earlier love for her. And he said to her, Get up and be gone.
Webster	Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone.

What does 2 Samuel 13:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

15. Then Amnon hated her exceedingly--It is not unusual for persons instigated by violent and irregular passions to go from one extreme to another. In Amnon's case the sudden revulsion is easily accounted for; the atrocity of his conduct, with all the feelings of shame, remorse, and dread of exposure and punishment, now burst upon his mind, rendering the presence of Tamar intolerably painful to him.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 15 Hated her exceedingly - Amnon's conduct to his sister was not only brutal but inexplicable. It would be easy to form conjectures concerning the cause, but we can arrive at no certainty.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:1-20

From henceforward David was followed with one trouble after another. Adultery and murder were David's sins, the like sins among his children were the beginnings of his punishment: he was too indulgent to his children. Thus David might trace the sins of his children to his own misconduct, which must have made the anguish of the chastisement worse. Let no one ever expect good treatment from those who are capable of…

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2 Samuel 13:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׂנָאֶ֣הָvai.yis.na.'E.haand he hated herH8130

אַמְנ֗וֹן'am.NonAmnonH550

שִׂנְאָה֙sin.'AhhatredH8135

גְּדוֹלָ֣הge.do.LahgreatH1419

מְאֹ֔דme.'OdveryH3966

כִּ֣יkithatH3588

גְדוֹלָ֗הge.do.Lah[was] greatH1419

הַשִּׂנְאָה֙ha.sin.'Ahthe hatredH8135

אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834

שְׂנֵאָ֔הּse.ne.'Ahhe hated herH8130

מֵאַהֲבָ֖הme.'a.ha.Vahmore than [the] loveH160

אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834

אֲהֵבָ֑הּ'a.he.Vahhe had loved herH157

וַֽיֹּאמֶר\־vai.yo.mer-and he saidH559

לָ֥הּlahto <the> her

אַמְנ֖וֹן'am.NonAmnonH550

ק֥וּמִיKu.miget upH6965

לֵֽכִי\׃Le.khigoH1980

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 13:15

Ezekiel 23:17
And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

hated her.
Eze 23:17
exceedingly. Heb. with great hatred greatly.

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Context

2 Samuel 13:14
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
2 Samuel 13:15
Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
2 Samuel 13:16
And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.

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2 Samuel 13:15 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Aborrecióla luego Amnón de tan grande aborrecimiento, que el odio con que la aborreció fué mayor que el amor con que la había amado. Y díjole Amnón: Levántate y vete.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Amnon la haït d’une très grande haine, car la haine dont il la haït était plus grande que l’amour dont il l’avait aimée. Et Amnon lui dit: Lève-toi, va-t’en.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Amnon haßte sie mit einem sehr großen Hasse; denn der Haß, womit er sie haßte, war größer als die Liebe, womit er sie geliebt hatte. Und Amnon sprach zu ihr: Stehe auf, gehe!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et exosam eam habuit Amnon odio magno nimis: ita ut majus esset odium quo oderat eam, amore quo ante dilexerat. Dixitque ei Amnon: Surge, et vade.