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32 Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, said, “My lord should not say, ‘They have killed all the young men who are the king’s sons.’ For only Amnon is dead. This is what Absalom has talked about[a] from the day that Amnon[b] humiliated his sister Tamar.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 13:32 tn Heb “it was placed on the mouth of Absalom.”
  2. 2 Samuel 13:32 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amnon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

32 But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said, “My lord should not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom’s express intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar.

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