2 Samuel 13:20-22

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²⁰Then Tamar’s brother Absalom said to her, “Have you been with your brother Amnon? Did he hurt you? Now, calm down sister. Amnon is your brother, so we will take care of this. Don’t let it upset you too much.” So Tamar did not say anything. She quietly went to live at Absalom’s house.^[a]

²¹King David heard the news and became very angry, but he did not want to say anything to upset Amnon, because he loved him since he was his firstborn son.^[b] ²²Absalom began to hate Amnon. Absalom did not say one word, good or bad, to Amnon, but he hated him because Amnon had raped his sister Tamar.

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 13:20 She … Absalom’s house Or “She lived in her brother Absalom’s house, a ruined woman.”
2 Samuel 13:21 but he did not … son This is found in the ancient Greek version and a Hebrew scroll from Qumran but not in the standard Hebrew text.