2 Samuel 13:10
ESV
Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat from your hand." And Tamar took the cakes she had made and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
NIV
Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from your hand." And Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom.
NASB
Then Amnon said to Tamar, 'Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat from your hand.' So Tamar took the pastries which she had made and brought them into the bedroom to her brother Amnon.
CSB
"Bring the meal to the bedroom," Amnon told Tamar, "so I can eat from your hand." Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.
NLT
Then he said to Tamar, 'Now bring the food into my bedroom and feed it to me here.' So Tamar took his favorite dish to him.
KJV
And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
NKJV
Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, that I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them to Amnon her brother in the bedroom.
What does 2 Samuel 13:10 mean?
Jonadab was David's nephew, the son of David's brother Shimeah. Jonadab had seen his friend and cousin, Amnon, in torment. Amnon is obsessed with his half-sister Tamar but can't figure out how to get to her. She's a virgin: a young woman preparing to be engaged. And she's been raised in another house. There's nothing he can do to get her alone (2 Samuel 13:1–4).Jonadab comes up with a plan, and it's working. Amnon pretended to be even sicker than he is. David visited and agreed to Amnon's request to send Tamar to cook Amnon dumplings. The food is ready. Amnon—perhaps pretending to be too weak to feed himself—tells the servants to leave (2 Samuel 13:5–9). Now, he tells Tamar to come nearer, to his sleeping chamber, and hand-feed him. The writer emphasizes once more that this is "Amnon her brother." Their relationship is the context of what happens next. She comes near. He grabs her, and asks her to have sex with him (2 Samuel 13:11).
Tamar will respond at first by trying to shame Amnon into letting her go. Scripture records two other events which are blatant acts of rape: Dinah (Genesis 34:1–2) and the Levite's concubine (Judges 19:25). Bathsheba was at least taken advantage of by David (2 Samuel 11:2–4). None of these women have their words recorded. But Tamar speaks, first to shame and then seeking a delay (2 Samuel 13:12–13). Proving that he is, indeed, a fool, Amnon takes her, anyway (2 Samuel 13:14)
Proving that she's right—he is a fool—he takes her, anyway (2 Samuel 13:14).
