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2 Samuel 13:3

AmnonDavidJonadabShammah
Temptation

1 After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.

2 Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

4 so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

5 Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”

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BSB
Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
KJV
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
WEB
But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.
ASV
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David`s brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.
DARBY
And Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd man.
BLB
And Amnon had a friend, and his name [was] Jonadab son of Shimeah, brother of David. And Jonadab [was] a very shrewd man.
ÅB
Men Amnon hadde en venn som hette Jonadab, en sønn av Davids bror Simea; og Jonadab var en meget klok mann.
OTB
Amnon hadde en venn som het Jonadab, sønn av Shimeah, Davids bror; og Jonadab var kjent for sin list.
B1930
Men Amnon hadde en venn som hette Jonadab, en sønn av Davids bror Simea; og Jonadab var en meget klok mann.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 16:9

    Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:19

    For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

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  • Esther 5:14

    His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.

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  • Esther 6:13

    Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”

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  • Genesis 38:20

    Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.

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  • 2 Samuel 14:2

    So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.

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  • James 3:15

    Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

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  • Genesis 38:1

    About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

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