⁶ So the two of them sat and ate and drank together. And the girl's father said to the man, “Be pleased to spend the night, and ^(A)let your heart be merry.”

²⁸ Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Mark when Amnon's ^(A)heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon’, then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”