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Amnon's dishonor of Tamar. Death of Amnon.
2 Samuel 13:1. And it came to pass after this: Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and Amnon the son of David loved her.
Absalom was the son of David by Maacah, the daughter of the Geshur king Talmai; Amnon is the firstborn of David from Ahinoamah the Jezreelite (2 Samuel 3:2–3).
2 Samuel 13:25. But the king said to Absalom: No, my son, we will not all go, so as not to be a burden to you. And Absalom strongly begged him; but he did not want to go, and blessed him.
“And he blessed him” - to celebrate his holiday in the absence of the king.
2 Samuel 13:32. But Jonadab, the son of Samai, David's brother, said: Let not my lord [the king] think that all the youths, the king's sons, were killed; only Amnon died, for Absalom had this plan from the day Amnon dishonored his sister;
“Jonadab” is a former friend of the murdered Amnon and an accomplice in his crime (2 Samuel 13:3–5). “It seems strange how the sad news could get ahead of the fleeing royal sons in fear, and it seems that it did not come from the scene of the incident, but arose independently at court, and not without intention in a distorted form. Jonadab was “very cunning,” says the Writer, that is, a skillful court intriguer, ready for anything, as can already be seen from his service to Amnon. One can guess that, having not received due gratitude from Amnon for his zeal for him, he abandoned him and went over to the side of Absalom, whose enormous ambition he knew and who, more than Amnon, needed helpers to fulfill his bold plans. And so, when almost the entire court went to Absalom for the holiday, Jonadab remained with the king with a pre-planned role. At the appointed time, he secretly spreads a false rumor that all the king's children were beaten. The king becomes desperate and curses Absalom.
But the comforter immediately appears and says: “Let my Lord the king not be disturbed by the thought that all the king’s sons have died; Amnon alone died because he had dishonored Absalom’s sister.” At this moment, this could seem like the greatest consolation for David: his children were resurrected; only one remained dead, and that was because he was, in fact, a criminal who had so far remained unpunished. Absalom and punished him" (Ya. Bogorodsky, "Jewish Kings", pp. 209–211).
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