2 Samuel 13:2-4

Good News Translation

² He was so much in love with her that he became sick, because it seemed impossible for him to have her; as a virgin, she was kept from meeting men. ³ But he had a friend, a very shrewd man named Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shammah. ⁴ Jonadab said to Amnon, “You are the king's son, yet day after day I see you looking sad. What's the matter?”

“I'm in love with Tamar, the sister of my half brother Absalom,” he answered.