2 Samuel 13:4 KJV

And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

Thou and Ye

  • thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Ammon's violence to his sisterFrom henceforward David was followed with one trouble after another. Adultery and murder were David's sins, the like sins among his children were the...

Cross References

  • Leviticus 18:9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
  • Leviticus 20:17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
  • Esther 5:13–14 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. …
  • Isaiah 3:9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
  • Jeremiah 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

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Topics

Kings of Israel & Judah

  • DavidKing of Israel · 1055–1015 BC

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • AmnonFaithful. (1.) One of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra (1 Chr 4:20; comp. 17).
  • TamarPalm. (1.) A place mentioned by Ezekiel (Ezek 47:19; Ezek 48:28), on the southeastern border of Palestine. Some suppose this was “Tadmor”...
  • AbsalomFather of peace; i.e., “peaceful” David’s son by Maacah (2 Sam 3:3; comp. 1 Kgs 1:6). He was noted for his personal beauty and for the...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And he said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • unto him, Why art thou, being the king's לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular מַדּוּעַ maddûaʿ Interrogative אַתָּה ʾattâ Pronoun · second person masculine singular הַמֶּלֶךְ hammelek מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • son בֶּן ben בֵּן Noun · masculine singular construct
  • lean כָּכָה kākâ Adverb דַּל dal דַּל Adjective · masculine singular
  • from day בַּבֹּקֶר babbōqer בֹּקֶר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
  • to day בַּבֹּקֶר babbōqer בֹּקֶר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
  • wilt thou not tell הֲלוֹא hălôʾ Negative · with question תַּגִּיד taggîd נָגַד Verb · hiphil imperfect, second person masculine singular
  • me? And Amnon לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular אַמְנוֹן ʾamnôn אַמְנוֹן Proper name
  • said לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • unto him, I love אֲנִי ʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular אֹהֵב ʾōhēb אָהַב Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
  • Tamar אֶת ʾet Object marker תָּמָר tāmār תָּמָר Proper name
  • my brother אָחִי ʾāḥî אָח Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
  • Absalom's אַבְשָׁלֹם ʾabšālōm אֲבִישָׁלוֹם Proper name
  • sister אֲחוֹת ʾăḥôt אָחוֹת Noun · feminine singular construct

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