19 Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long-sleeved garment she was wearing. She put her hand on her head(A) and went away crying out.

20 Her brother Absalom said to her: “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman(B) in the house of her brother Absalom.

Absalom Murders Amnon

21 When King David heard about all these things, he was furious.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 13:21 LXX, DSS add but he did not grieve the spirit of Amnon his son, for he loved him because he was his firstborn; 1Kg 1:6

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