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


In Context

4 And he said to him, Why art thou, being the king's son, pining from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

5 And Jonadab said to him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say to him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me food, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

6 So Amnon lay down and made himself sick: and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make for me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

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

8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.

2 Samuel 13:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:7David sent word to Tamar at the palace: "Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him."

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 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.