2 Samuel 13:5-7 ▼

5 Jonadab said to him, “ Lie down on your bed and pretend you’re sick. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘ Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare food in my presence so I can watch and eat from her hand.’ ”

6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him , “ Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my presence so I can eat from her hand.”

7 David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “ Please go to your brother Amnon’s house and prepare a meal for him.”