2 Samuel 13 · Verse 6

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.
2 Samuel 13:6, King James Version

2 Samuel 13:6 in other translations

BSBSo Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”
WEBSo 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.”
ASVSo 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.
YLTAnd Amnon lieth down, and feigneth himself sick, and the king cometh in to see him, and Amnon saith unto the king, ‘Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come, and she maketh before mine eyes two cakes, and I eat from her hand.'
DARBYSo Amnon lay down and feigned himself sick; and the king came to see him, and Amnon said to the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.
BBESo Amnon went to bed and made himself seem ill: and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let my sister Tamar come and make me one or two cakes before my eyes, so that I may take food from her hand.
WebsterSo Amnon lay down and made himself sick: and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make for me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

What does 2 Samuel 13:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 13:6-8
6-8. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 13:6 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.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בvai.yish.Kavand he lay downH7901
אַמְנ֖וֹן'am.NonAmnonH550
וַיִּתְחָ֑לvai.yit.Chaland he made himself sickH2470
וַיָּבֹ֨אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
לִרְאֹת֗וֹlir.'o.Toto see himH7200
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אַמְנ֤וֹן'am.NonAmnonH550
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
תָּֽבוֹא\־ta.Vo'-let her comeH935
נָ֞אna'pleaseH4994
תָּמָ֣רta.MarTamarH8559
אֲחֹתִ֗י'a.cho.Tisister myH269
וּתְלַבֵּ֤בu.te.la.Bevand let her make cakesH3823
לְעֵינַי֙le.'ei.Naito eyes myH5869
שְׁתֵּ֣יshe.TeitwoH8147
לְבִב֔וֹתle.vi.VotcakesH3834
וְאֶבְרֶ֖הve.'ev.Rehso I may eatH1262
מִיָּדָֽהּ\׃mi.ya.Dahfrom hand herH3027

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

Cross references for 2 Samuel 13:6

  • 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 hearth.

  • 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 the whole was leavened.

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Ge 18:6; Mt 13:33

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 13:5

    And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

  • 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.

  • 2 Samuel 13:7

    Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and dress him meat.

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2 Samuel 13:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Acostóse pues Amnón, y fingió que estaba enfermo, y vino el rey á visitarle: y dijo Amnón al rey: Yo te ruego que venga mi hermana Thamar, y haga delante de mí dos hojuelas, que coma yo de su mano.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Amnon se coucha et fit le malade; et le roi vint le voir, et Amnon dit au roi: Je te prie, que Tamar, ma sœur, vienne et prépare sous mes yeux deux beignets, et que je les mange de sa main.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Amnon legte sich und stellte sich krank. Und als der König kam, um ihn zu sehen, da sprach Amnon zu dem König: Laß doch meine Schwester Tamar kommen und vor meinen Augen zwei Kuchen bereiten, daß ich aus ihrer Hand esse.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Accubuit itaque Amnon, et quasi ægrotare cœpit: cumque venisset rex ad visitandum eum, ait Amnon ad regem: Veniat, obsecro, Thamar soror mea, ut faciat in oculis meis duas sorbitiunculas, et cibum capiam de manu ejus.