1 Some time passed. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and David’s son Amnon was infatuated with her.
2 Amnon was frustrated to the point of making himself sick over his sister Tamar because she was a virgin, but it seemed impossible to do anything to her.
3 Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, a son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
4 and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the king’s son, so miserable every morning? Won’t you tell me? ”Amnon replied, “I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”