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2 Samuel 13:21

David
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19 And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying bitterly.

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

When King David heard all this, he was furious.

22 And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.

23 Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.

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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
When King David heard all this, he was furious.
KJV
But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
WEB
But when King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.
ASV
But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
DARBY
And king David heard of all these things, and he was very angry.
BLB
And King David heard of all these things, and he was very hot.
ÅB
Da kong David hørte om alt dette, ble han meget vred.
OTB
Da kong David hørte om alle disse sakene, ble han fylt med sinne.
B1930
Da kong David hørte om alt dette, blev han meget vred.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 34:7

    When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:10

    Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

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  • 2 Samuel 3:28–29

    Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:29

    Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’

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  • 1 Samuel 2:22–25

    Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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  • Psalms 101:8

    Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:5

    David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

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