“So Amnon lay down and pretended he was sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes here where I can watch, and I’ll eat what she serves me.”-2 Samuel 13:6 So David sends word to Tamar that […]

We gotta keep in mind… Every homie and his cousin in David’s family were eyeing the throne. So any shot at moving up was pounced upon… Like starving lions ripping into a zebra. This is exactly what happened with Yonadav, Amnon’s cousin. He was a real conniving bugger and always looking for a way to […]

“Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he became ill, for she was a virgin, and Amnon thought it would be impossible to approach her.”-2 Samuel 13:2 Verse 2 tells us that Amnon became ill with lust towards his sister Tamar. Why? Because he thought it would be impossible to approach her. But […]

“Now Avshalom the son of David had a beautiful sister named Tamar. Some time after the previous events, Amnon the son of David fell in love with her. Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he became ill, for she was a virgin, and Amnon thought it would be impossible to approach her.”-2 […]

“Now Avshalom the son of David had a beautiful sister named Tamar. Some time after the previous events, Amnon, the son of David fell in love with her.“ -2 Samuel 13:1 In earlier lessons, I’ve called out how the Rabbis of old, through some rather creative theological gymnastics, make David out to be a perfect […]