7David sent word to Tamar at the palace: "Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him."


In Context

4 He asked Amnon, "Why do you, the king's son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won't you tell me?" Amnon said to him, "I'm in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister."

5 "Go to bed and pretend to be ill," Jonadab said. "When your father comes to see you, say to him, 'I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.' "

6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, "I would like my sister Tamar to come and make some special bread in my sight, so I may eat from her hand."

7 David sent word to Tamar at the palace: "Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him."

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

9 Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat. "Send everyone out of here," Amnon said. So everyone left him.

2nd Samuel 13:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:7Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and dress him meat.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:7Then David sent home to Thamar, saying: Come to the house of thy brother Amnon, and make him a mess.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:7Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:7And David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go, I pray thee, to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:7Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:7Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress meat for him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:7Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, |Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:7And David sendeth unto Tamar, to the house, saying, 'Go, I pray thee, to the house of Amnon thy brother, and make for him food.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:7Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.