2 Samuel
Chapters 13:2-8
New International Version Anglicized
2Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.
3Now Amnon had an advisor named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man.
4He asked Amnon, ‘Why do you, the king’s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?’Amnon said to him, ‘I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.’
5‘Go to bed and pretend to be ill,’ Jonadab said. ‘When your father comes to see you, say to him, “I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so that I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.” ’
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 that I may eat from her hand.’
7David sent word to Tamar at the palace: ‘Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.’
8So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made the bread in his sight and baked it.