2-Samuel - 13:7



7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him."

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Samuel 13:7.

Differing Translations

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Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.
Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food.
Then David sent home to Thamar, saying: Come to the house of thy brother Amnon, and make him a mess.
And David sendeth unto Tamar, to the house, saying, 'Go, I pray thee, to the house of Amnon thy brother, and make for him food.'
Then David sent to the house for Tamar and said, Go now to your brother Amnon's house and get a meal for him.
Therefore, David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Come to the house of your brother Amnon, and make a small meal for him."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Then David sent home to Tamar,.... Who perhaps was not in the king's palace, but at her brother Absalom's house, 2-Samuel 13:20,
saying, go now to thy brother Amnon's house; who also had a separate house and equipage, being the king's son, and his eldest son:
and dress him meat; such as he may desire, and his stomach will bear.

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