2 Samuel 13:15

13:15 Then Amnon greatly despised her. ¹  His disdain toward her surpassed the love he had previously felt toward her. ²  Amnon said to her, “Get up and leave!”

2 Samuel 13:2

13:2 But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick ³  over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.

2 Samuel 12:21

12:21 His servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? While ⁴  the child was still alive, you fasted and wept. Once the child was dead you got up and ate food!”

2 Samuel 18:33

18:33 (19:1) ⁵  The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said, “My son, Absalom! My son, my son, ⁶  Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!” ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “and Amnon hated her with very great hatred.”

² tn Heb “for greater was the hatred with which he hated her than the love with which he loved her.”

³ tn Heb “and there was distress to Amnon so that he made himself sick.”

⁴ tc For the MT בַּעֲבוּר (ba’avur, “for the sake of”) we should probably read בְּעוֹד (bÿ’od, “while”). See the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Targum.

⁵ sn This marks the beginning of ch. 19 in the Hebrew text. Beginning with 18:33, the verse numbers through 19:43 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 18:33 ET = 19:1 HT, 19:1 ET = 19:2 HT, 19:2 ET = 19:3 HT, etc., through 19:43 ET = 19:44 HT. From 20:1 the versification in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible is again the same.

⁶ tc One medieval Hebrew ms, some mss of the LXX, and the Vulgate lack this repeated occurrence of “my son” due to haplography.

⁷ tc The Lucianic Greek recension and Syriac Peshitta lack this repeated occurrence of “my son” due to haplography.