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5 Then Jonadab told him, |Lie down on your bed. Act sick, and when your father comes to see you, say to him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come to feed me. She can prepare a meal in front of me as I watch her, and she can feed me.'| 6 So Amnon lay down and acted sick, and the king came to see him. Amnon asked the king, |Please let my sister Tamar come and make some bread in front of me, and she can feed me.| 7 David sent for Tamar at the palace. |Please go to your brother Amnon's home,| he said, |and prepare some food for him.| 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's home. He was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made flat bread in front of him, and cooked it. 9 Then she took the pan and served him [the bread]. But he refused to eat. |Have everyone leave me,| he said. So everyone left him. 10 Amnon told Tamar, |Bring the food into the bedroom so that you can feed me.| Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in the bedroom. 2 Samuel 13:5-10, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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