2 Samuel 13:5-10 ▼

5 Jonadab advised him, |Lie down and fake being sick. When your father visits you, ask him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat that she prepares especially for me, and after she makes dinner for me, let her feed it to me personally.'|

6 So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to visit him, Amnon asked the king, |Please let my sister Tamar come and make some of her bread especially for me, so she can feed it to me personally.|

7 So David sent for Tamar back at the palace, telling her, |Please go to your brother Amnon's home and prepare some food for him.|

8 Tamar went to her brother Amnon's home, where he was lying down. She brought along some dough, kneaded it, prepared some cakes especially for him, baked them,

9 and emptied the baking skillet just for him, but he refused to eat. |Send everybody out of here,| Amnon said. So everyone left the room.

10 Amnon told Tamar, |Bring the food into my private bedroom, so I can eat it with you personally.| So Tamar took the cakes she had prepared and brought them into the private bedroom for her brother Amnon.