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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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Absalom's Sinister Silence
Commentators explain that Absalom's counsel for Tamar to "hold thy peace" was not for her comfort but for his own sinister purpose. While he offered superficial reasons to stay quiet, like avoiding family shame, his true motive was to conceal the crime so he could plan his own revenge against Amnon. His words masked a heart already set on murder.
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19th Century
Anglican
Has Amnon. —The Hebrew, by a clerical error, has here Aminon. Absalom immediately sees how the case stands, comforts his …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Absalom her brother said to her Either meeting her in the street, or rather when come to his house:
Presbyterian
Henceforth, David was followed by one trouble after another. Adultery and murder were David's sins. Similar sins among his children were the beginn…
