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2 Samuel 13:2-4
New English Translation
2 Samuel 13:2-4
New English Translation
2 But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick[a] over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.
3 Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man. 4 He asked Amnon,[b] “Why are you, the king’s son,[c] so depressed every morning? Can’t you tell me?” So Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom.”
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- 2 Samuel 13:2 tn Heb “and there was distress to Amnon so that he made himself sick.”
- 2 Samuel 13:4 tn Heb “and he said to him.”
- 2 Samuel 13:4 tn A more idiomatic translation might be “Why are you of all people…?”
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