2 Samuel 13:14 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 13:14

But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.

BSB

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ASV

Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.

KJV

Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Howbeit, he would not hearken unto her voice,.... His lust was so inflamed and enraged, that he could not attend to any arguments, though ever so forcible, that were offered to him: but being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her; whether she cried out or not, as the law directs in such cases, Deu 22:25; is not said; she might, and nobody hear her and come to her assistance; or she might not choose to expose her brother to his servants.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

LETTER 22.12 (420)

As if to show that near relationship is no safeguard, Amnon burned with illicit passion for his sister Tamar.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In bidding him, however, "speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from thee," it is probable that she urged this as her last resource, saying anything she thought would please him, in order to escape for the present out of his hands.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
אָבָ֖ה	'a.Vah	he was willing	H14 →
לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ	lish.Mo.a'	to listen	H8085 →
בְּקוֹלָ֑הּ	be.ko.Lah	to voice her	H6963 →
וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק	vai.ye.che.Zak	and he was strong	H2388 →
מִמֶּ֙נָּה֙	mi.Me.nah	more than her	H4480 →
וַיְעַנֶּ֔הָ	vay.'a.Ne.ha	and he humbled her	H6031 →
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב	vai.yish.Kav	and he lay with	H7901 →
אֹתָֽהּ׃	'o.Tah	with <the> her	H854 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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2 Samuel 12:11
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will…
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- 2 Samuel 16:21–22
  Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who…
- Deuteronomy 28:30
  You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not…
- 2 Samuel 15:6
  Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 13:28–29
  Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid.…
- 2 Samuel 15:10
  Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
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Esther 7:8
Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I…
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- Esther 1:6
  Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of…
- Esther 6:12
  Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
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Judges 20:5
And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.
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- Judges 19:22
  While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who…

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