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Chinese Union (Simplified)

撒母耳记下 13:5

约 拿 达 说 : 你 不 如 躺 在 床 上 装 病 ; 你 父 亲 来 看 你 , 就 对 他 说 : 求 父 叫 我 妹 子 他 玛 来 , 在 我 眼 前 预 备 食 物 , 递 给 我 吃 , 使 我 看 见 , 好 从 他 手 里 接 过 来 吃 。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Jonadab;   Lasciviousness;   Seduction;   Tamar;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Amnon;   Jonadab;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Absalom;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Family Life and Relations;   Friend, Friendship;   Woman;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jehonadab;   Tamar;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abimelech;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amnon;   Rape;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Make;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amnon ;   Jonadab ;   Tamar ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Absalom;   Amnon;   David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Am'non;   Jon'adab;   Marriage;   Ta'mar;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Feign;   Jehonadab;   Make;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Absalom;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
約拿達對他說:“你可以躺在床上裝病。你父親來看你的時候,你就對他說:‘求你叫我的妹妹他瑪來,把食物遞給我吃;叫她在我眼前預備食物,好使我可以看見,也可以從她的手中取食。’”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lay thee: 2 Samuel 16:21-23, 2 Samuel 17:1-4, Psalms 50:18, Psalms 50:19, Proverbs 19:27, Mark 6:24, Mark 6:25, Acts 23:15

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jonadab said unto him,.... Being a subtle man, he presently formed a scheme to relieve him, and open a way for the enjoyment of what he desired:

lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick; feign thyself sick, pretend that thou art so, by lying down on the bed, and making complaints of one kind or another:

and when thy father cometh to see thee; as he quickly would, after hearing of his illness, being very affectionate to his children:

say unto him, I pray thee let, my sister Tamar come, and give me meat; here he is directed to call her not Absalom's sister, but his own, the more to cover his ill design upon her:

and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see [it], and eat [it] at her hand; pretending that his stomach was very weak and squeamish, that he could not eat anything which his servants dressed for him, and which he did not see done with his own eyes.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Make thyself sick - “Feign thyself to be ill.” (Compare 2 Samuel 14:2.)

That I may see it - He was to feign that he could not fancy anything that came from the kitchen, but that if he saw it cooked he should be able to eat it.


 
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