Amnon

The first 10 of 21 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 3:2

  And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;

• 2 Samuel 13:1

  After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.

• 2 Samuel 13:2

  Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.

• 2 Samuel 13:3

  Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

• 2 Samuel 13:4

  so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

• 2 Samuel 13:6

  So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

• 2 Samuel 13:7

  Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.”

• 2 Samuel 13:8

  So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.

• 2 Samuel 13:9

  Then she brought the pan and set it down before him, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone away!” said Amnon. And everyone went out.

• 2 Samuel 13:10

  Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.