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20 Absalom her brother said to her, “Was Amnon your brother with you? But now, my sister, be quiet; he is your brother. Do not take this matter to heart.”[a] So Tamar remained a desolate woman in the house of Absalom her brother.

Absalom Kills Amnon

21 Now King David heard all these things, and he became very angry.[b] 22 Absalom did not speak with Amnon either bad or good,[c] for Absalom hated Amnon over the matter when[d] he raped Tamar his sister.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 13:20 Literally “Do not place/set your heart to this matter”
  2. 2 Samuel 13:21 Literally “it became very hot for him”
  3. 2 Samuel 13:22 Literally “as far as from bad and up to good”
  4. 2 Samuel 13:22 Literally “because of the thing that”