1And it came to pass after this that Ammon the son of David loved the sister of Absalom the son of David, who was very beautiful, and her name was Thamar.

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2 Samuel 3:2, 2 Samuel 3:3, 1 Chronicles 3:9, 2 Samuel 3:2, 2 Samuel 3:3

2And he was exceedingly fond of her, so that he fell sick for the love of her: for as she was a virgin, he thought it hard to do any thing dishonestly with her.

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2 Corinthians 7:10, 1 Kings 21:4, Song of Solomon 5:8, 2 Corinthians 7:10, 1 Kings 21:4

3Now Ammon had a friend, named Jonadab the son of Semmaa the brother of David, a very wise man:

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1 Samuel 16:9, 1 Samuel 16:9, 1 Corinthians 3:19, 1 Corinthians 3:19, Genesis 38:20

4And he said to him: Why dost thou grow so lean from day to day, O son of the king? why dost thou not tell me the reason of it? And Ammon said to him: I am in love with Thamar the sister of my brother Absalom.

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Esther 5:13, Esther 5:14, Luke 12:32, Jeremiah 8:12, Leviticus 20:17

5And Jonadab said to him: Lie down upon thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father shall come to visit thee, say to him: Let my sister Thamar, I pray thee, come to me, to give me to eat, and to make me a mess, that I may eat it at her hand.

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Mark 6:24, Mark 6:25, Mark 6:24, Mark 6:25, 2 Samuel 16:21

6So Ammon lay down, and made as if he were sick: and when the king came to visit him, Ammon said to the king: I pray thee let my sister Thamar come, and make in my sight two little messes, that I may eat at her hand.

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Genesis 18:6, Genesis 18:6, Matthew 13:33, Matthew 13:33

7Then David sent home to Thamar, saying: Come to the house of thy brother Ammon, and make him a mess.

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8And Thamar came to the house of Ammon her brother: but he was laid down: and she took meal and tempered it: and dissolving it in his sight she made little messes.

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9And taking what she had boiled, she poured it out, and set it before him, but he would not eat: and Ammon said: Put out all persons from me. And when they had put all persons out,

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Genesis 45:1, Genesis 45:1, Judges 3:19, John 3:20, Judges 3:19

10Ammon said to Thamar: Bring the mess into the chamber, that I may eat at thy hand. And Thamar took the little messes which she had made, and brought them in to her brother Ammon in the chamber.

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11And when she had presented him the meat, he took hold of her, and said: Come lie with me, my sister.

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Genesis 39:11, Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:11, Genesis 39:12

12She answered him: Do not so, my brother, do not force me: for no such thing must be done in Israel. Do not thou this folly.

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Judges 19:23, Judges 20:6, Leviticus 20:17, Judges 19:23, Judges 20:6

13For I shall not be able to bear my shame, and thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel: but rather speak to the king, and he will not deny me to thee.

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Genesis 19:8, Judges 19:24, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 19:8, Judges 19:24

14But he would not hearken to her prayers, but being stronger overpowered her and lay with her.

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2 Samuel 12:11, 2 Samuel 12:11, Judges 20:5, Deuteronomy 22:25, Deuteronomy 22:27

15Then Ammon hated her with an exceeding great hatred: so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her before. And Ammon said to her: Arise, and get thee gone.

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Ezekiel 23:17, Ezekiel 23:17

16She answered him: The evil which now thou dost against me, in driving me away, is greater than that which thou didst before. And he would not hearken to her:

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17But calling the servants that ministered to him, he said: Thrust this woman out from me: and shut the door after her.

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18And she was clothed with a long robe: for the king's daughters that were virgins, used such kind of garments. Then his servant thrust her out: and shut the door after her.

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Judges 5:30, Genesis 37:3, Judges 5:30, Genesis 37:3, Genesis 37:32

19And she put ashes on her head, and rent her long robe and laid her hands upon her head, and went on crying.

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Jeremiah 2:37, Joshua 7:6, Jeremiah 2:37, Joshua 7:6, 2 Samuel 1:11

20And Absalom her brother said to her: Hath thy brother Ammon lain with thee? but now, sister, hold thy peace, he is thy brother: and afflict not thy heart for this thing. So Thamar remained pining away in the house of Absalom her brother.

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Genesis 34:2, Genesis 46:15, Romans 12:19, Proverbs 26:24, Genesis 34:2

21And when king David heard of these things he was exceedingly grieved: and he would not afflict the spirit of his son Ammon, for he loved him, because he was his firstborn.

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Genesis 34:7, Genesis 34:7, 1 Samuel 2:29, 1 Samuel 2:22, 1 Samuel 2:25

22But Absalom spoke not to Ammon neither good nor evil: for Absalom hated Ammon because he had ravished his sister Thamar.

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Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 19:18, Genesis 31:24, Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 19:18

23And it came to pass after two years, that the sheep of Absalom were shorn in Baalhasor, which is near Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons:

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Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:13, 1 Samuel 25:4, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:13

24And he came to the king, and said to him: Behold thy servant's sheep are shorn. Let the king, I pray, with his servants come to his servant.

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Jeremiah 41:6, Jeremiah 41:7, 2 Samuel 11:8, 2 Samuel 11:15, Psalms 12:2

25And the king said to Absalom: Nay, my son, do not ask that we should all come, and be chargeable to thee. And when he pressed him, and he would not go, he blessed him.

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Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Luke 14:23, Luke 24:29, Judges 19:7

26And Absalom said: If thou wilt not come, at least let my brother Ammon, I beseech thee, come with us. And the king said to him: It is not necessary that he should go with thee.

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2 Samuel 20:9, Psalms 55:21, 2 Samuel 11:13, 2 Samuel 11:15, 2 Samuel 3:27

27But Absalom pressed him, so that he let Ammon and all the king's sons go with him. And Absalom made a feast as it were the feast of a king.

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Proverbs 26:24, Proverbs 26:26, Proverbs 26:24, Proverbs 26:26

28And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying: Take notice when Ammon shall be drunk with wine, and when I shall say to you: Strike him, and kill him, fear not: for it is I that command you: take courage, and be valiant men.

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Judges 19:6, Judges 19:6, Judges 19:9, Judges 19:22, Judges 19:9

29And the servants of Absalom did to Ammon as Absalom had commanded them. And all the king's sons arose and got up every man upon his mule, and fled.

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1 Kings 1:33, 2 Samuel 18:9, 1 Kings 1:33, 2 Samuel 18:9, Genesis 36:24

30And while they were yet in the way, a rumour came to David, saying: Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one them left.

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31Then the king rose up, and rent his garments: and fell upon the ground, and all his servants, that stood about him, rent their garments.

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2 Samuel 12:16, 2 Samuel 1:11, 2 Samuel 12:16, 2 Samuel 1:11, Joshua 7:6

32But Jonadab the son of Semmaa David's brother answering, said: Let not my lord the king think that all the king's sons are slain: Ammon only is dead, for he was appointed by the mouth of Absalom from the day that he ravished his sister Thamar.

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Psalms 7:14, Genesis 27:41, 2 Samuel 13:3, 1 Samuel 16:9, Proverbs 24:11

33Now therefore let not my lord the king take this thing into his heart, saying: All the king's sons are slain: for Ammon only is dead.

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2 Samuel 19:19, 2 Samuel 19:19

34But Absalom fled away: and the young man that kept the watch, lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold there came much people by a by-way on the side of the mountain.

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2 Samuel 13:37, 2 Samuel 13:38, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:14, Amos 5:19

35And Jonadab said to the king: Behold the king's sons are come: as thy servant said, so it is.

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36And when he made an end of speaking, the king's sons also appeared: and coming in they lifted up their voice, and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very much.

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2 Samuel 13:15, 2 Samuel 18:33, 2 Samuel 12:21, 2 Samuel 13:15, 2 Samuel 18:33

37But Absalom fled, and went to Tholomai the son of Ammiud the king of Gessur. And David mourned for his son every day.

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2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 14:32, 1 Chronicles 3:2, 2 Samuel 13:34

38And Absalom after he was fled, and come into Gessur, was there three years. And king David ceased to pursue after Absalom, because he was comforted concerning the death of Ammon.

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2 Samuel 14:23, 2 Samuel 14:32, 2 Samuel 15:8, 2 Samuel 14:23, 2 Samuel 14:32

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Genesis 24:67, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 37:35, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 37:35