2 Samuel 13:1-3

Christian Standard Bible

Amnon Rapes Tamar

13 Some time passed. David’s son Absalom^(A) had a beautiful sister named Tamar,^(B) and David’s son Amnon^(C) was infatuated with her. ² Amnon was frustrated to the point of making himself sick over his sister Tamar because she was a virgin, but it seemed impossible to do anything to her. ³ Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, a son of David’s brother Shimeah.^(D) Jonadab was a very shrewd man,