6So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, |Please let my sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.|


In Context

3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.

4 He said to him, |Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won't you tell me?| Amnon said to him, |I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.|

5 Jonadab said to him, |Lay down on your bed, and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.'|

6 So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, |Please let my sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.|

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

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

2 Samuel 13:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:6So 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."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:6So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:6So Amnon lay down, and made as if he were sick: and when the king came to visit him, Amnon said to the king: I pray thee let my sister Thamar come, and make in my sight two little messes, that I may eat at her hand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:6So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, Let her sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6So Amnon lay down and feigned himself sick; and the king came to see him, and Amnon said to the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:6So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6So 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6And Amnon lieth down, and feigneth himself sick, and the king cometh in to see him, and Amnon saith unto the king, 'Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come, and she maketh before mine eyes two cakes, and I eat from her hand.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:6So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said to the king, I pray you, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.