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2 Samuel 13:16-20

2 Samuel 13:16

But she said to him, “No, because this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you have done to me!” Yet he would not listen to her.

2 Samuel 13:17

Then he called his young man who attended him and said, “Now throw this woman out of my presence, and lock the door behind her!”

2 Samuel 13:18

Now she had on a long-sleeved garment; for this is how the virgin daughters of the king dressed themselves in robes. Then his attendant took her out and locked the door behind her.

2 Samuel 13:19

Tamar took ashes and put them on her head, and tore her long-sleeved garment which was on her; and she put her hand on her head and went on her way, crying out as she went.

2 Samuel 13:20

Then Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now keep silent, my sister, he is your brother; do not take this matter to heart.” So Tamar remained and was isolated in her brother Absalom’s house.