2 Samuel 13:3

World English Bible (2000)

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.

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  • 1 Sam 16:9 : 9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, "Neither has Yahweh chosen this one."
  • 2 Sam 13:32 : 32 Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, answered, "Don't let my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
  • 2 Sam 14:2 : 2 Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, "Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
  • 2 Sam 14:19-20 : 19 The king said, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?" The woman answered, "As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid; 20 to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done this thing. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth."
  • Esth 5:10 : 10 Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet." This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
  • Esth 6:13 : 13 Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him."
  • Prov 19:6 : 6 Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 "For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but to do good they have no knowledge."
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."
  • Jas 3:15 : 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
  • Gen 3:1 : 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
  • Gen 38:1 : 1 It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
  • Gen 38:20 : 20 Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he didn't find her.
  • Judg 14:20 : 20 But Samson's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

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  • 2 Sam 13:32-35
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    32 Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, answered, "Don't let my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

    33 Now therefore don't let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead."

    34 But Absalom fled. The young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, many people were coming by way of the hillside behind him.

    35 Jonadab said to the king, "Behold, the king's sons are coming! It is as your servant said."

  • 2 Sam 13:4-7
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    4 He said to him, "Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won't you tell me?" Amnon said to him, "I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister."

    5 Jonadab said to him, "Lay down on your bed, and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.'"

    6 So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand."

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

  • 2 Sam 13:1-2
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    1 It happened after this, that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

    2 Amnon was so troubled that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.

  • 2 Sam 13:20-23
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    20 Absalom her brother said to her, "Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother. Don't take this thing to heart." So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.

    21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very angry.

    22 Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

    23 It happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

  • 2 Sam 13:26-29
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    26 Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us." The king said to him, "Why should he go with you?"

    27 But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

    28 Absalom commanded his servants, saying, "Mark now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, 'Strike Amnon,' then kill him. Don't be afraid. Haven't I commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant!"

    29 The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got up on his mule, and fled.

  • 2 Sam 3:2
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    2 To David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

  • 2 Sam 13:10-11
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    10 Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food into the room, that I may eat from your hand." Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the room to Amnon her brother.

    11 When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister!"

  • 1 Kgs 1:6-7
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    6 His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, "Why have you done so?" and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.

    7 He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

  • 1 Chr 3:1-2
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    1 Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;

    2 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;

  • 1 Chr 27:32-33
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    32 Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:

    33 Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend:

  • 2 Sam 17:24-25
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    24 Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

    25 Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

  • 2 Sam 13:39
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    39 [the soul of] king David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.

  • 2 Sam 10:1-3
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    1 It happened after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.

    2 David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me." So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

    3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, "Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn't David sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?"

  • 2 Sam 3:25-26
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    25 You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do."

    26 When Joab had come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David didn't know it.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
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    1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

  • 1 Chr 19:2-3
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    2 David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me." So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

    3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, "Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven't his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?"

  • 2 Sam 20:11
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    11 There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, "He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!"

  • 2 Sam 13:14-15
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    14 However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.

    15 Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, "Arise, be gone!"

  • 2 Sam 17:17-18
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    17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David. For they might not be seen to come into the city.

    18 But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.

  • 2 Sam 18:13
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    13 Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me."

  • 2 Sam 19:6
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    6 in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it would have pleased you well.

  • 2 Sam 16:17
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    17 Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"

  • 1 Sam 19:2
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    2 Jonathan told David, saying, "Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself.

  • 2 Sam 15:11
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    11 Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn't know anything.

  • 1 Kgs 2:32
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    32 Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn't know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

  • 2 Sam 15:37
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    37 So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.