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AMNON AND TAMAR
And so be it, after this, Abi Shalom the son of David has a beautiful sister, and her name is Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loves her; 2 and Amnon is so depressed he falls sick for his sister Tamar; for she is a virgin; and it is marvellous in the eyes of Amnon to work aught to her. 3 And Amnon has a friend, and his name is Yah Nadab the son of Shimah the brother of David; and Yah Nadab is a mighty wise man: 4 and he says to him, Why are you, the son of the sovereign, so poor morning by morning? Why not tell me? And Amnon says to him, I love Tamar the sister of my brother Abi Shalom. 5 And Yah Nadab says to him, Lie down on your bed and make yourself sick: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, I pray you, have my sister Tamar come and cut me bread to chew and work cuttings in my eyes that I may see and eat from her hand. 6 So Amnon lies down and makes himself sick: and when the sovereign comes to see him Amnon says to the sovereign, I pray you, have Tamar my sister come and bake me a couple of cakes in my eyes, that I may chew from her hand. 7 And David sends home to Tamar, saying, Go now to the house of your brother Amnon and work him cuttings. 8 So Tamar goes to the house of her brother Amnon; and he lies down: and she takes dough and kneads and bakes in his eyes and ripens the cakes: 9 and she takes a pan and pours them at his face; but he refuses to eat. And Amnon says, Send all the men from me! - and every man goes from him. 10 And Amnon says to Tamar, Bring the cuttings into the chamber, that I may chew from your hand. And Tamar takes the cakes she worked and brings them into the chamber to her brother Amnon: 11 and she brings them near to him to eat and he holds her and says to her, Come lie down with me, my sister. 12 And she says to him, No, my brother, humble me not; for such ought not to be worked in Yisra El: work not this folly: 13 And I, where goes my reproach? And as for you, you become as one of the fools in Yisra El: and now, I pray you, word to the sovereign; for he withholds me not from you. 14 Howbeit he wills to not hearken to her voice: but, being tougher than she, he humbles her and lies down with her: 15 and Amnon hates her mightily; so that the hatred wherewith he hates her is greater than the love wherewith he loved her. And Amnon says to her, Rise! Go! 16 And she says to him, No! This evil in sending me away is greater than the other that you worked me. - and he wills to not hearken to her. 17 And he calls his lad who ministers to him and says, Send this away from me now and enclose the door after her. 18 And she has a coverall coat on her: for with such mantles were the virgin daughters of the sovereign enrobed: and his minister brings her out and encloses the door after her. 19 And Tamar takes ashes on her head and rips the coverall coat on her and sets her hand on her head: and in walking, walks on crying. 20 And Abi Shalom her brother says to her, Has Amnon your brother been with you? Hush now, my sister; he is your brother: set not your heart to this word. - and Tamar settles desolate in the house of her brother Abi Shalom. 21 And sovereign David hears of all these words and he is mightily inflamed: 22 and Abi Shalom words to his brother Amnon neither good nor evil: for Abi Shalom hates Amnon, for word that he abased his sister Tamar. 23
ABI SHALOM DEATHIFIES AMNON
And so be it, after two years of days, Abi Shalom has sheepshearers in Baal Hasor beside Ephrayim: and Abi Shalom calls all the sons of the sovereign: 24 and Abi Shalom comes to the sovereign and says, Behold now, your servant has sheepshearers; may the sovereign, I beseech you, and his servants go with your servant. 25 And the sovereign says to Abi Shalom, No, my son, not all of us go now lest we be too heavy to you. - and he breaches on him; but he wills to not go; and he blesses him. 26 And Abi Shalom says, If not, I pray you, have my brother Amnon go with us. And the sovereign says to him, Why have him go with you? 27 And Abi Shalom breaches on him to send Amnon away with all the sons of the sovereign. 28 And Abi Shalom misvahs his lads, saying, Now see, when the heart of Amnon is good with wine, and I say to you, Smite Amnon! Deathify him! Awe not! I - misvah I you not? Strengthen! Sons of valour! 29 And the lads of Abi Shalom work to Amnon as Abi Shalom misvahs: and all the sons of the sovereign rise and every man rides on his mule and flees. 30 And so be it, as they are in the way, reports come to David, saying, Abi Shalom smites all the sons of the sovereign and not one of them remains. 31 And the sovereign rises and rips his clothes and lies down on the earth; and all his servants station by with ripped clothes. 32 And Yah Nadab the son of Shimah the brother of David answers and says, My adoni, say not that they deathified all the lads of the sons of the sovereign; for only, Amnon died: for this became set by the mouth of Abi Shalom the day he abased his sister Tamar. 33 And now my adoni the sovereign, set not the word to your heart, saying, All the sons of the sovereign died! - for only, Amnon died. 34 And Abi Shalom flees: and the lad who watches lifts his eyes and sees; and behold, much people come by the way of the mountain side behind him. 35 And Yah Nadab says to the sovereign, Behold, the sons of the sovereign come: according to the word of your servant, so be it. 36 And so be it, as soon as he finishes wording, behold, the sons of the sovereign come and lift their voice and weep: and the sovereign also and all his servants weep a mighty great weeping: 37 and Abi Shalom flees and goes to Talmay the son of Ammi Hud sovereign of Geshur; and mourns for his son every day. 38 And Abi Shalom flees and goes to Geshur and is there three years. 39 And sovereign David concludes to go to Abi Shalom: for he sighs concerning Amnon, seeing he died.
AMNON AND TAMAR
And so be it, after this, Abi Shalom the son of David has a beautiful sister, and her name is Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loves her; 2 and Amnon is so depressed he falls sick for his sister Tamar; for she is a virgin; and it is marvellous in the eyes of Amnon to work aught to her. 3 And Amnon has a friend, and his name is Yah Nadab the son of Shimah the brother of David; and Yah Nadab is a mighty wise man: 4 and he says to him, Why are you, the son of the sovereign, so poor morning by morning? Why not tell me? And Amnon says to him, I love Tamar the sister of my brother Abi Shalom. 5 And Yah Nadab says to him, Lie down on your bed and make yourself sick: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, I pray you, have my sister Tamar come and cut me bread to chew and work cuttings in my eyes that I may see and eat from her hand. 6 So Amnon lies down and makes himself sick: and when the sovereign comes to see him Amnon says to the sovereign, I pray you, have Tamar my sister come and bake me a couple of cakes in my eyes, that I may chew from her hand. 7 And David sends home to Tamar, saying, Go now to the house of your brother Amnon and work him cuttings. 8 So Tamar goes to the house of her brother Amnon; and he lies down: and she takes dough and kneads and bakes in his eyes and ripens the cakes: 9 and she takes a pan and pours them at his face; but he refuses to eat. And Amnon says, Send all the men from me! - and every man goes from him. 10 And Amnon says to Tamar, Bring the cuttings into the chamber, that I may chew from your hand. And Tamar takes the cakes she worked and brings them into the chamber to her brother Amnon: 11 and she brings them near to him to eat and he holds her and says to her, Come lie down with me, my sister. 12 And she says to him, No, my brother, humble me not; for such ought not to be worked in Yisra El: work not this folly: 13 And I, where goes my reproach? And as for you, you become as one of the fools in Yisra El: and now, I pray you, word to the sovereign; for he withholds me not from you. 14 Howbeit he wills to not hearken to her voice: but, being tougher than she, he humbles her and lies down with her: 15 and Amnon hates her mightily; so that the hatred wherewith he hates her is greater than the love wherewith he loved her. And Amnon says to her, Rise! Go! 16 And she says to him, No! This evil in sending me away is greater than the other that you worked me. - and he wills to not hearken to her. 17 And he calls his lad who ministers to him and says, Send this away from me now and enclose the door after her. 18 And she has a coverall coat on her: for with such mantles were the virgin daughters of the sovereign enrobed: and his minister brings her out and encloses the door after her. 19 And Tamar takes ashes on her head and rips the coverall coat on her and sets her hand on her head: and in walking, walks on crying. 20 And Abi Shalom her brother says to her, Has Amnon your brother been with you? Hush now, my sister; he is your brother: set not your heart to this word. - and Tamar settles desolate in the house of her brother Abi Shalom. 21 And sovereign David hears of all these words and he is mightily inflamed: 22 and Abi Shalom words to his brother Amnon neither good nor evil: for Abi Shalom hates Amnon, for word that he abased his sister Tamar. 23
ABI SHALOM DEATHIFIES AMNON
And so be it, after two years of days, Abi Shalom has sheepshearers in Baal Hasor beside Ephrayim: and Abi Shalom calls all the sons of the sovereign: 24 and Abi Shalom comes to the sovereign and says, Behold now, your servant has sheepshearers; may the sovereign, I beseech you, and his servants go with your servant. 25 And the sovereign says to Abi Shalom, No, my son, not all of us go now lest we be too heavy to you. - and he breaches on him; but he wills to not go; and he blesses him. 26 And Abi Shalom says, If not, I pray you, have my brother Amnon go with us. And the sovereign says to him, Why have him go with you? 27 And Abi Shalom breaches on him to send Amnon away with all the sons of the sovereign. 28 And Abi Shalom misvahs his lads, saying, Now see, when the heart of Amnon is good with wine, and I say to you, Smite Amnon! Deathify him! Awe not! I - misvah I you not? Strengthen! Sons of valour! 29 And the lads of Abi Shalom work to Amnon as Abi Shalom misvahs: and all the sons of the sovereign rise and every man rides on his mule and flees. 30 And so be it, as they are in the way, reports come to David, saying, Abi Shalom smites all the sons of the sovereign and not one of them remains. 31 And the sovereign rises and rips his clothes and lies down on the earth; and all his servants station by with ripped clothes. 32 And Yah Nadab the son of Shimah the brother of David answers and says, My adoni, say not that they deathified all the lads of the sons of the sovereign; for only, Amnon died: for this became set by the mouth of Abi Shalom the day he abased his sister Tamar. 33 And now my adoni the sovereign, set not the word to your heart, saying, All the sons of the sovereign died! - for only, Amnon died. 34 And Abi Shalom flees: and the lad who watches lifts his eyes and sees; and behold, much people come by the way of the mountain side behind him. 35 And Yah Nadab says to the sovereign, Behold, the sons of the sovereign come: according to the word of your servant, so be it. 36 And so be it, as soon as he finishes wording, behold, the sons of the sovereign come and lift their voice and weep: and the sovereign also and all his servants weep a mighty great weeping: 37 and Abi Shalom flees and goes to Talmay the son of Ammi Hud sovereign of Geshur; and mourns for his son every day. 38 And Abi Shalom flees and goes to Geshur and is there three years. 39 And sovereign David concludes to go to Abi Shalom: for he sighs concerning Amnon, seeing he died.