2 Samuel 13:6 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 13:6

So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.

KJV

So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

⋯

Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Make me cakes ... a pan - The words here used occur nowhere else, and the etymology is doubtful. Some particular kind of cake or pudding is meant 2Sa 13:8, called a לביבה lābı̂ybâh; according to some, it was, from its etymology, shaped like a heart. 2Sa 13:9 The dish into which she poured the לביבה lābı̂ybâh was doubtless borne to him by one of the servants into the chamber where he lay, and from which, the doors being open, he could see the outer room where Tamar prepared the meat.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus he lieth in wait secretly, as a lion in his den, to catch the poor, and to draw them into his net, Ps. x. David was always fond of his children, and concerned if any thing ailed them; he no sooner hears that Amnon is sick than he comes himself to visit him.

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב	vai.yish.Kav	and he lay down	H7901 →
אַמְנ֖וֹן	'am.Non	Amnon	H550 →
וַיִּתְחָ֑ל	vai.yit.Chal	and he made himself sick	H2470 →
וַיָּבֹ֨א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he came	H935 →
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
לִרְאֹת֗וֹ	lir.'o.To	to see him	H7200 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אַמְנ֤וֹן	'am.Non	Amnon	H550 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
תָּֽבוֹא־	ta.Vo'-	let her come	H935 →
נָ֞א	na'	please	H4994 →
תָּמָ֣ר	ta.Mar	Tamar	H8559 →
אֲחֹתִ֗י	'a.cho.Ti	sister my	H269 →
וּתְלַבֵּ֤ב	u.te.la.Bev	and let her make cakes	H3823 →
לְעֵינַי֙	le.'ei.Nai	to eyes my	H5869 →
שְׁתֵּ֣י	she.Tei	two	H8147 →
לְבִב֔וֹת	le.vi.Vot	cakes	H3834 →
וְאֶבְרֶ֖ה	ve.'ev.Reh	so I may eat	H1262 →
מִיָּדָֽהּ׃	mi.ya.Dah	from hand her	H3027 →

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

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 13:33
He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
leads to
- Galatians 5:9
  A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6–7
  Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
- Luke 13:21
  It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
- Philippians 2:13–15
  For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- Genesis 18:6
  So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
Through
Genesis 18:6
So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
leads to
- Galatians 5:13
  For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
- Matthew 13:33
  He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
- Romans 12:13
  Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Featured studies on this passage

Walks through 2 Samuel 13

David and Bathsheba: 2 Samuel 11-12

Open the study →

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

2 Samuel: the study guide →Read chapter 13 →The featured study →

Continue: 2 Samuel 13 →

01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Samuel