Then he called his servant who ministered to him, and said, “Now put this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Samuel 13:17 in context
2 Samuel 13:14–20
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However, he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.
15
Then Amnon hated her with exceedingly great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Arise, be gone!”
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She said to him, “Not so, because this great wrong in sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me!”
But he would not listen to her.
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Then he called his servant who ministered to him, and said, “Now put this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.”
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She had a garment of various colors on her, for the king’s daughters who were virgins dressed in such robes. Then his servant brought her out and bolted the door after her.
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Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
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Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.”
So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.
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