Bible Cross References
I will raise
2 Samuel 13:1-14
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David's son Absalom had a beautiful unmarried sister named Tamar. Amnon, another of David's sons, fell in love with her.
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He was so much in love with her that he became sick, because it seemed impossible for him to have her; as a virgin, she was kept from meeting men.
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But he had a friend, a very shrewd man named Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shammah.
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Jonadab said to Amnon, "You are the king's son, yet day after day I see you looking sad. What's the matter?" "I'm in love with Tamar, the sister of my half brother Absalom," he answered.
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Jonadab said to him, "Pretend that you are sick and go to bed. When your father comes to see you, say to him, 'Please ask my sister Tamar to come and feed me. I want her to fix the food here where I can see her, and then serve it to me herself.' "
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So Amnon pretended that he was sick and went to bed. King David went to see him, and Amnon said to him, "Please let Tamar come and make a few cakes here where I can see her, and then serve them to me herself."
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So David sent word to Tamar in the palace: "Go to Amnon's house and fix him some food."
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She went there and found him in bed. She took some dough, prepared it, and made some cakes there where he could see her. Then she baked the cakes
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and emptied them out of the pan for him to eat, but he wouldn't. He said, "Send everyone away"---and they all left.
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Then he said to her, "Bring the cakes here to my bed and serve them to me yourself." She took the cakes and went over to him.
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As she offered them to him, he grabbed her and said, "Come to bed with me!"
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"No," she said. "Don't force me to do such a degrading thing! That's awful!
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How could I ever hold up my head in public again? And you---you would be completely disgraced in Israel. Please, speak to the king, and I'm sure that he will give me to you."
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But he would not listen to her; and since he was stronger than she was, he overpowered her and raped her.
2 Samuel 13:28-14
2 Samuel 13:29-14
2 Samuel 15:6
Absalom did this with every Israelite who came to the king for judgment, and so he won their loyalty.
2 Samuel 15:10
But he sent messengers to all the tribes of Israel to say, "When you hear the sound of trumpets, shout, 'Absalom has become king at Hebron!' "
I will take
2 Samuel 16:21
Ahithophel answered, "Go and have intercourse with your father's concubines whom he left behind to take care of the palace. Then everyone in Israel will know that your father regards you as his enemy, and your followers will be greatly encouraged."
2 Samuel 16:22
So they set up a tent for Absalom on the palace roof, and in the sight of everyone Absalom went in and had intercourse with his father's concubines.
Deuteronomy 28:30
"You will be engaged to a young woman---but someone else will marry her. You will build a house---but never live in it. You will plant a vineyard---but never eat its grapes.
Ezekiel 14:9
"If any prophets are deceived into giving a false answer, it is because I, the LORD, have deceived them. I will remove them from the people of Israel.
Ezekiel 20:25
"Then I gave them laws that are not good and commands that do not bring life.
Ezekiel 20:26
I let them defile themselves with their own offerings, and I let them sacrifice their first-born sons. This was to punish them and show them that I am the LORD.
Hosea 4:13
At sacred places on the mountaintops they offer sacrifices, and on the hills they burn incense under tall, spreading trees, because the shade is so pleasant! "As a result, your daughters serve as prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
Hosea 4:14
Yet I will not punish them for this, because you yourselves go off with temple prostitutes, and together with them you offer pagan sacrifices. As the proverb says, 'A people without sense will be ruined.'