2 Samuel 13:7
Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and dress him meat.
2 Samuel 13:7 in other translations
| BSB | Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.” |
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| WEB | Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.” |
| ASV | Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and dress him food. |
| YLT | And David sendeth unto Tamar, to the house, saying, ‘Go, I pray thee, to the house of Amnon thy brother, and make for him food.' |
| DARBY | And David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go, I pray thee, to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food. |
| BBE | Then David sent to the house for Tamar and said, Go now to your brother Amnon's house and get a meal for him. |
| Webster | Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress meat for him. |
What does 2 Samuel 13:7 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…
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…
2 Samuel 13:7 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 13:8
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
2 Samuel 13:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y David envió á Thamar á su casa, diciendo: Ve ahora á casa de Amnón tu hermano, y hazle de comer. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et David envoya vers Tamar dans la maison, disant: Va, je te prie, dans la maison d’Amnon, ton frère, et apprête-lui un mets. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da sandte David zu Tamar ins Haus und ließ ihr sagen: Gehe doch in das Haus deines Bruders Amnon und bereite ihm das Essen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Misit ergo David ad Thamar domum, dicens: Veni in domum Amnon fratris tui, et fac ei pulmentum. |