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2 Samuel 13
2 Samuels 1, 2,
3, 4,
5, 6,
7, 8,
9, 10,
11, 12,
13, 14,
15, 16,
17, 18,
19, 20,
21, 22,
23, 24
2 Samuel 13:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had
a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a
virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.
3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's
brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
4 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.
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.
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.
7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house,
and dress him meat.
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.
9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And
Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.
10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of
thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into
the chamber to Amnon her brother.
11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said
unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing
ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be
as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king;
for he will not withhold me from thee.
14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she,
forced her, and lay with her.
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.
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.
17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this
woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were
the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her
out, and bolted the door after her.
19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that
was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee?
but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So
Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom
hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in
Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath
sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy
servant.
25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be
chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed
him.
26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And
the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with
him.
28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's
heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him,
fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all
the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David,
saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them
left.
31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his
servants stood by with their clothes rent.
32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not
my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for
Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined
from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think
that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes,
and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side
behind him.
35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant
said, so it is.
36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold,
the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and
all his servants wept very sore.
37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And
David mourned for his son every day.
38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was
comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
•
The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book:
Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh
his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
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