2 Samuel 13:15
13 Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
14 But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
16 “No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.
17 Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Then Amnon hated her with exceedingly great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Arise, be gone!”
- ASV
- Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
- DARBY
- And Amnon hated her with an exceeding great hatred, for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone.
- BLB
- And Amnon hated her with exceedingly great hatred, so that greater the hatred [was] with which he hated her than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Arise, be gone.”
- ÅB
- Men deretter fattet Amnon et sterkt hat til henne - det hat han fikk til henne, var større enn den kjærlighet han hadde hatt til henne. Og Amnon sa til henne: Stå opp og gå din vei!
- OTB
- Da hatet Amnon henne med et veldig stort hat; for hatet som han hatet henne med var større enn kjærligheten som han hadde elsket henne med. Så Amnon sa til henne: "Reis deg, gå bort!"
- B1930
- Men derefter fattet Amnon et sterkt hat til henne - det hat han fikk til henne, var større enn den kjærlighet han hadde hatt til henne. Og Amnon sa til henne: Stå op og gå din vei!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 23:17
Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.
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