Font Size
2 Samuel 13:2-4
New Living Translation
2 Samuel 13:2-4
New Living Translation
2 Amnon became so obsessed with Tamar that he became ill. She was a virgin, and Amnon thought he could never have her.
3 But Amnon had a very crafty friend—his cousin Jonadab. He was the son of David’s brother Shimea.[a] 4 One day Jonadab said to Amnon, “What’s the trouble? Why should the son of a king look so dejected morning after morning?”
So Amnon told him, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 13:3 Hebrew Shimeah (also in 13:32), a variant spelling of Shimea; compare 1 Chr 2:13.
New Living Translation (NLT)
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Bible Gateway Recommends

Retail: $84.99
Our Price: $57.99
Save: $27.00 (32%)


Retail: $34.99
Our Price: $18.93
Save: $16.06 (46%)

Retail: $19.99
Our Price: $3.98
Save: $16.01 (80%)

Retail: $66.00
Our Price: $38.11
Save: $27.89 (42%)


Retail: $223.72
Our Price: $124.99
Save: $98.73 (44%)