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   <v n='1'>And it came to <s n="1961">pass</s> <s n="310">after</s> <s n="3651">this</s>, that <s n="53">Absalom</s> the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="1732">David</s> had a <s n="3303">fair</s> <s n="269">sister</s>, whose <s n="8034">name</s> was <s n="8559">Tamar</s>; and <s n="550">Amnon</s> the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="1732">David</s> <s n="157">loved</s> her. </v>
   <v n='2'>And <s n="550">Amnon</s> was so <s n="6887">vexed</s>, that he fell <s n="2470">sick</s> <s n="5668">for</s> his <s n="269">sister</s> <s n="8559">Tamar</s>; <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="1931">she</s> was a <s n="1330">virgin</s>; and <s n="550">Amnon</s> <s n="5869">thought</s> it <s n="6381">hard</s> for him to <s n="6213">do</s> any <s n="3972">thing</s> to her. </v>
   <v n='3'>But <s n="550">Amnon</s> had a <s n="7453">friend</s>, whose <s n="8034">name</s> was <s n="3122">Jonadab</s>, the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="8093">Shimeah</s> <s n="1732">David</s> 's <s n="251">brother</s>: and <s n="3122">Jonadab</s> was a <s n="3966">very</s> <s n="2450">subtle</s> <s n="376">man</s>. </v>
   <v n='4'>And he <s n="559">said</s> unto him, <s n="4069">Why</s> art <s n="859">thou</s>, being the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="1121">son</s>, <s n="3602 1800">lean</s> from <s n="1242">day</s> to <s n="1242">day</s>? wilt thou <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="5046">tell</s> me? And <s n="550">Amnon</s> <s n="559">said</s> unto him, <s n="589">I</s> <s n="157">love</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="8559">Tamar</s>, my <s n="251">brother</s> <s n="53">Absalom</s> 's <s n="269">sister</s>. </v>
   <v n='5'>And <s n="3122">Jonadab</s> <s n="559">said</s> unto him, Lay thee <s n="7901">down</s> <s n="5921">on</s> thy <s n="4904">bed</s>, and make thyself <s n="2470">sick</s>: and when thy <s n="1">father</s> <s n="935">cometh</s> to <s n="7200">see</s> thee, <s n="559">say</s> <s n="413">unto</s> him, I pray <s n="4994">thee</s>, let my <s n="269">sister</s> <s n="8559">Tamar</s> <s n="935">come</s>, and <s n="1262">give</s> me <s n="3899">meat</s>, and <s n="6213">dress</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="1279">meat</s> in my <s n="5869">sight</s>, <s n="4616 834">that</s> I may <s n="7200">see</s> it, and <s n="398">eat</s> it at her <s n="4480 3027">hand</s>. </v>
   <v n='6'>So <s n="550">Amnon</s> lay <s n="7901">down</s>, and made himself <s n="2470">sick</s>: and when the <s n="4428">king</s> was <s n="935">come</s> to <s n="7200">see</s> him, <s n="550">Amnon</s> <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, I pray <s n="4994">thee</s>, let <s n="8559">Tamar</s> my <s n="269">sister</s> <s n="935">come</s>, and <s n="3823">make</s> me a <s n="8147">couple</s> of <s n="3834">cakes</s> in my <s n="5869">sight</s>, that I may <s n="1262">eat</s> at her <s n="4480 3027">hand</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'>Then <s n="1732">David</s> <s n="7971">sent</s> <s n="1004">home</s> <s n="413">to</s> <s n="8559">Tamar</s>, <s n="559">saying</s>, <s n="1980">Go</s> <s n="4994">now</s> to thy <s n="251">brother</s> <s n="550">Amnon</s> 's <s n="1004">house</s>, and <s n="6213">dress</s> him <s n="1279">meat</s>. </v>
   <v n='8'>So <s n="8559">Tamar</s> <s n="1980">went</s> to her <s n="251">brother</s> <s n="550">Amnon</s> 's <s n="1004">house</s>; and <s n="1931">he</s> was laid <s n="7901">down</s>. And she <s n="3947">took</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="1217">flour</s>, and <s n="3888">kneaded</s> it, and made <s n="3823">cakes</s> in his <s n="5869">sight</s>, and did <s n="1310">bake</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="3834">cakes</s>. </v>
   <v n='9'>And she <s n="3947">took</s> <s n="*853"></s> a <s n="4958">pan</s>, and poured them <s n="3332">out</s> <s n="6440">before</s> him; but he <s n="3985">refused</s> to <s n="398">eat</s>. And <s n="550">Amnon</s> <s n="559">said</s>, Have <s n="3318">out</s> <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="376">men</s> <s n="4480 5921">from</s> me. And they went <s n="3318">out</s> <s n="3605">every</s> <s n="376">man</s> <s n="4480 5921">from</s> him. </v>
   <v n='10'>And <s n="550">Amnon</s> <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> <s n="8559">Tamar</s>, <s n="935">Bring</s> the <s n="1279">meat</s> into the <s n="2315">chamber</s>, that I may <s n="1262">eat</s> of thine <s n="4480 3027">hand</s>. And <s n="8559">Tamar</s> <s n="3947">took</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="3834">cakes</s> <s n="834">which</s> she had <s n="6213">made</s>, and <s n="935">brought</s> them into the <s n="2315">chamber</s> to <s n="550">Amnon</s> her <s n="251">brother</s>. </v>
   <v n='11'>And when she had <s n="5066">brought</s> them <s n="413">unto</s> him to <s n="398">eat</s>, he took <s n="2388">hold</s> of her, and <s n="559">said</s> unto her, <s n="935">Come</s> <s n="7901">lie</s> <s n="5973">with</s> me, my <s n="269">sister</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'>And she <s n="559">answered</s> him, <s n="408">Nay</s>, my <s n="251">brother</s>, do <s n="408">not</s> <s n="6031">force</s> me; <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="3808">no</s> such <s n="3651">thing</s> ought to be <s n="6213">done</s> in <s n="3478">Israel</s>: <s n="6213">do</s> <s n="408">not</s> thou <s n="*853"></s> <s n="2063">this</s> <s n="5039">folly</s>. </v>
   <v n='13'>And <s n="589">I</s>, <s n="575">whither</s> shall I cause <s n="*853"></s> my <s n="2781">shame</s> to <s n="1980">go</s>? and as for <s n="859">thee</s>, thou shalt <s n="1961">be</s> as <s n="259">one</s> of the <s n="5036">fools</s> in <s n="3478">Israel</s>. <s n="6258">Now</s> therefore, I pray <s n="4994">thee</s>, <s n="1696">speak</s> <s n="413">unto</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>; <s n="3588">for</s> he will <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="4513">withhold</s> me <s n="4480">from</s> thee. </v>
   <v n='14'>Howbeit he <s n="14">would</s> <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="8085">hearken</s> unto her <s n="6963">voice</s>: but, being <s n="2388">stronger</s> than she, <s n="6031">forced</s> her, and lay <s n="7901">with</s> her. </v>
   <v n='15'>Then <s n="550">Amnon</s> <s n="8130">hated</s> her <s n="8135 1419 3966">exceedingly</s>; so <s n="3588">that</s> the <s n="8135">hatred</s> <s n="834">wherewith</s> he <s n="8130">hated</s> her was <s n="1419">greater</s> than the <s n="4480 160">love</s> <s n="834">wherewith</s> he had <s n="157">loved</s> her. And <s n="550">Amnon</s> <s n="559">said</s> unto her, <s n="6965">Arise</s>, be <s n="1980">gone</s>. </v>
   <v n='16'>And she <s n="559">said</s> unto him, There is <s n="408">no</s> <s n="182">cause</s>: <s n="2063">this</s> <s n="7451">evil</s> in sending me <s n="7971">away</s> is <s n="1419">greater</s> than the <s n="4480 312">other</s> <s n="834">that</s> thou <s n="6213">didst</s> <s n="5973">unto</s> me. But he <s n="14">would</s> <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="8085">hearken</s> unto her. </v>
   <v n='17'>Then he <s n="7121">called</s> <s n="*853"></s> his <s n="5288">servant</s> that <s n="8334">ministered</s> unto him, and <s n="559">said</s>, <s n="7971">Put</s> <s n="4994">now</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="2063">this</s> woman out from <s n="4480 5921 2351">me</s>, and <s n="5274">bolt</s> the <s n="1817">door</s> <s n="310">after</s> her. </v>
   <v n='18'>And she had a <s n="3801">garment</s> of divers <s n="6446">colors</s> <s n="5921">upon</s> her: <s n="3588">for</s> with <s n="3651">such</s> <s n="4598">robes</s> were the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="1323">daughters</s> that were <s n="1330">virgins</s> <s n="3847">appareled</s>. Then his <s n="8334">servant</s> <s n="3318">brought</s> her <s n="2351">out</s>, and <s n="5274">bolted</s> the <s n="1817">door</s> <s n="310">after</s> her. </v>
   <v n='19'>And <s n="8559">Tamar</s> <s n="3947">put</s> <s n="665">ashes</s> <s n="5921">on</s> her <s n="7218">head</s>, and <s n="7167">rent</s> her <s n="3801">garment</s> of divers <s n="6446">colors</s> <s n="834">that</s> was <s n="5921">on</s> her, and <s n="7760">laid</s> her <s n="3027">hand</s> <s n="5921">on</s> her <s n="7218">head</s>, and went <s n="1980 1980">on</s> <s n="2199">crying</s>. </v>
   <v n='20'>And <s n="53">Absalom</s> her <s n="251">brother</s> <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> her, Hath <s n="550">Amnon</s> thy <s n="251">brother</s> <s n="1961">been</s> <s n="5973">with</s> thee? but <s n="2790">hold</s> <s n="6258">now</s> thy peace, my <s n="269">sister</s>: <s n="1931">he</s> is thy <s n="251">brother</s>; <s n="7896 *853 3820">regard</s> <s n="408">not</s> <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="1697">thing</s>. So <s n="8559">Tamar</s> <s n="3427">remained</s> <s n="8074">desolate</s> in her <s n="251">brother</s> <s n="53">Absalom</s> 's <s n="1004">house</s>. </v>
   <v n='21'>But when <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="1732">David</s> <s n="8085">heard</s> of <s n="*853"></s> <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="428">these</s> <s n="1697">things</s>, he was <s n="3966">very</s> <s n="2734">wroth</s>. </v>
   <v n='22'>And <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="1696">spoke</s> <s n="5973">unto</s> his brother <s n="550">Amnon</s> <s n="3808">neither</s> <s n="2896">good</s> <s n="5704">nor</s> <s n="4480 7451">bad</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="8130">hated</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="550">Amnon</s>, <s n="5921 1697 834">because</s> he had <s n="6031">forced</s> <s n="*853"></s> his <s n="269">sister</s> <s n="8559">Tamar</s>. </v>
   <v n='23'>And it came to <s n="1961">pass</s> after two full <s n="8141 3117">years</s>, that <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="1961">had</s> <s n="1494">sheepshearers</s> in <s n="1178">Baal</s> -hazor, <s n="834">which</s> is <s n="5973">beside</s> <s n="669">Ephraim</s>: and <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="7121">invited</s> <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="1121">sons</s>. </v>
   <v n='24'>And <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="935">came</s> <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, and <s n="559">said</s>, <s n="2009">Behold</s> <s n="4994">now</s>, thy <s n="5650">servant</s> hath <s n="1494">sheepshearers</s>; let the <s n="4428">king</s>, I beseech <s n="4994">thee</s>, and his <s n="5650">servants</s> <s n="1980">go</s> <s n="5973">with</s> thy <s n="5650">servant</s>. </v>
   <v n='25'>And the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">to</s> <s n="53">Absalom</s>, <s n="408">Nay</s>, my <s n="1121">son</s>, let us <s n="408">not</s> <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="4994">now</s> <s n="1980">go</s>, <s n="3808">lest</s> we be <s n="3513">chargeable</s> <s n="5921">unto</s> thee. And he <s n="6555">pressed</s> him: howbeit he <s n="14">would</s> <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="1980">go</s>, but <s n="1288">blessed</s> him. </v>
   <v n='26'>Then <s n="559">said</s> <s n="53">Absalom</s>, If <s n="3808">not</s>, I pray <s n="4994">thee</s>, let my <s n="251">brother</s> <s n="550">Amnon</s> <s n="1980">go</s> <s n="854">with</s> us. And the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="559">said</s> unto him, <s n="4100">Why</s> should he <s n="1980">go</s> <s n="5973">with</s> thee? </v>
   <v n='27'>But <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="6555">pressed</s> him, that he let <s n="*853"></s> <s n="550">Amnon</s> and <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="1121">sons</s> <s n="7971">go</s> <s n="854">with</s> him. </v>
   <v n='28'>Now <s n="53">Absalom</s> had <s n="6680">commanded</s> <s n="*853"></s> his <s n="5288">servants</s>, <s n="559">saying</s>, <s n="7200">Mark</s> ye <s n="4994">now</s> when <s n="550">Amnon</s> 's <s n="3820">heart</s> is <s n="2895">merry</s> with <s n="3196">wine</s>, and when I <s n="559">say</s> <s n="413">unto</s> you, <s n="5221">Smite</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="550">Amnon</s>; then <s n="4191">kill</s> him, <s n="3372">fear</s> <s n="408">not</s>: have <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="595">I</s> <s n="6680">commanded</s> you? be <s n="2388">courageous</s>, and <s n="1961">be</s> <s n="1121 2428">valiant</s>. </v>
   <v n='29'>And the <s n="5288">servants</s> of <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="6213">did</s> unto <s n="550">Amnon</s> <s n="834">as</s> <s n="53">Absalom</s> had <s n="6680">commanded</s>. Then <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="1121">sons</s> <s n="6965">arose</s>, and every <s n="376">man</s> got him <s n="7392">up</s> <s n="5921">upon</s> his <s n="6505">mule</s>, and <s n="5127">fled</s>. </v>
   <v n='30'>And it came to <s n="1961">pass</s>, while <s n="1992">they</s> were in the <s n="1870">way</s>, that <s n="8052">tidings</s> <s n="935">came</s> <s n="413">to</s> <s n="1732">David</s>, <s n="559">saying</s>, <s n="53">Absalom</s> hath <s n="5221">slain</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="1121">sons</s>, and there is <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="259">one</s> <s n="4480">of</s> them <s n="3498">left</s>. </v>
   <v n='31'>Then the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="6965">arose</s>, and <s n="7167">tore</s> <s n="*853"></s> his <s n="899">garments</s>, and <s n="7901">lay</s> on the <s n="776">earth</s>; and <s n="3605">all</s> his <s n="5650">servants</s> stood <s n="5324">by</s> with their <s n="899">clothes</s> <s n="7167">rent</s>. </v>
   <v n='32'>And <s n="3122">Jonadab</s>, the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="8093">Shimeah</s> <s n="1732">David</s> 's <s n="251">brother</s>, <s n="6030">answered</s> and <s n="559">said</s>, Let <s n="408">not</s> my <s n="113">lord</s> <s n="559">suppose</s> that they have <s n="4191">slain</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="3605">all</s> the young <s n="5288">men</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="1121">sons</s>; <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="550">Amnon</s> <s n="905">only</s> is <s n="4191">dead</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="5921">by</s> the <s n="6310">appointment</s> of <s n="53">Absalom</s> this hath <s n="1961">been</s> <s n="7760">determined</s> from the <s n="4480 3117">day</s> that he <s n="6031">forced</s> <s n="*853"></s> his <s n="269">sister</s> <s n="8559">Tamar</s>. </v>
   <v n='33'><s n="6258">Now</s> therefore let <s n="408">not</s> my <s n="113">lord</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="7760">take</s> the <s n="1697">thing</s> <s n="413">to</s> his <s n="3820">heart</s>, to <s n="559">think</s> that <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="1121">sons</s> are <s n="4191">dead</s>: <s n="3588 518">for</s> <s n="550">Amnon</s> <s n="905">only</s> is <s n="4191">dead</s>. </v>
   <v n='34'>But <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="1272">fled</s>. And the young <s n="5288">man</s> that kept the <s n="6822">watch</s> lifted <s n="5375">up</s> <s n="*853"></s> his <s n="5869">eyes</s>, and <s n="7200">looked</s>, and, <s n="2009">behold</s>, there <s n="1980">came</s> <s n="7227">much</s> <s n="5971">people</s> by the <s n="4480 1870">way</s> of the hill <s n="4480 6654 2022">side</s> <s n="310">behind</s> him. </v>
   <v n='35'>And <s n="3122">Jonadab</s> <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, <s n="2009">Behold</s>, the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="1121">sons</s> <s n="935">come</s>: as thy <s n="5650">servant</s> <s n="1697">said</s>, <s n="3651">so</s> it <s n="1961">is</s>. </v>
   <v n='36'>And it came to <s n="1961">pass</s>, as soon as he had made an <s n="3615">end</s> of <s n="1696">speaking</s>, that, <s n="2009">behold</s>, the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="1121">sons</s> <s n="935">came</s>, and lifted <s n="5375">up</s> their <s n="6963">voice</s> and <s n="1058">wept</s>: and the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="1571">also</s> and <s n="3605">all</s> his <s n="5650">servants</s> <s n="1058">wept</s> <s n="3966">very</s> <s n="1419">sore</s>. </v>
   <v n='37'>But <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="1272">fled</s>, and <s n="1980">went</s> <s n="413">to</s> <s n="8526">Talmai</s>, the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="5989">Ammihud</s>, <s n="4428">king</s> of <s n="1650">Geshur</s>. And David <s n="56">mourned</s> <s n="5921">for</s> his <s n="1121">son</s> <s n="3605">every</s> <s n="3117">day</s>. </v>
   <v n='38'>So <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="1272">fled</s>, and <s n="1980">went</s> to <s n="1650">Geshur</s>, and <s n="1961">was</s> <s n="8033">there</s> <s n="7969">three</s> <s n="8141">years</s>. </v>
   <v n='39'>And the soul of <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="1732">David</s> <s n="3615">longed</s> to go <s n="3318">forth</s> <s n="413">unto</s> <s n="53">Absalom</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> he was <s n="5162">comforted</s> <s n="5921">concerning</s> <s n="550">Amnon</s>, <s n="3588">seeing</s> he was <s n="4191">dead</s>. </v>
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