Verse 5

And Jonadab saith to him, `Lie down on thy couch, and feign thyself sick, and thy father hath come in to see thee, and thou hast said unto him, `Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come in and give me bread to eat; and she hath made the food before mine eyes so that I see `it', and have eaten from her hand.'

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 16:21-17:4 : 21 And Ahithophel saith unto Absalom, `Go in unto the concubines of thy father, whom he left to keep the house, and all Israel hath heard that thou hast been abhorred by thy father, and the hands of all who `are' with thee have been strong.' 22 And they spread out for Absalom the tent on the roof, and Absalom goeth in unto the concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel. 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days `is' as `when' one inquireth at the word of God; so `is' all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and to Absalom. 1 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, `Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night, 2 and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who `are' with him, and I have smitten the king by himself, 3 and I bring back all the people unto thee -- as the turning back of the whole `is' the man whom thou art seeking -- all the people are peace. 4 And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
  • Ps 50:18-19 : 18 If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers `is' thy portion. 19 Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
  • Prov 19:27 : 27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.
  • Mark 6:24-25 : 24 And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, `What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, `The head of John the Baptist;' 25 and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, `I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'
  • Acts 23:15 : 15 now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'