2 Samuel 13:7
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.’”
6 So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”
Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.”
8 So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.
9 Then she brought the pan and set it down before him, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone away!” said Amnon. And everyone went out.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.”
- KJV
- Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and dress him meat.
- WEB
- Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.”
- ASV
- Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon`s house, and dress him food.
- DARBY
- And David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go, I pray thee, to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food.
- BLB
- And David sent to Tamar, to the house, saying, “Go now to the house of Amnon, to your brother, and prepare for him food.”
- ÅB
- Da sendte David bud inn i huset til Tamar og lot si: Gå til din bror Amnons hus og lag til maten for ham!
- OTB
- Da sendte David bud til Tamars hus og sa: "Gå nå til din bror Amnons hus og lag mat til ham."
- B1930
- Da sendte David bud inn i huset til Tamar og lot si: Gå til din bror Amnons hus og lag til maten for ham!