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2 Samuel 13:7-11

2 Samuel 13:7

Then David sent a messenger to the house for Tamar, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.”

2 Samuel 13:8

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house, and he was lying in bed. And she took dough, kneaded it, made pastries in his sight, and baked the pastries.

2 Samuel 13:9

Then she took the tray and served them to him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, “Have everyone leave me.” So everyone left him.

2 Samuel 13:10

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.

2 Samuel 13:11

When she brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, sleep with me, my sister.”