2 Samuel 13 - Summary

David's son Amnon, sick with lust for his beautiful half-sister Tamar, feigns illness and asks her to prepare food in his presence; when she brings it, he overpowers and rapes her, then despises her even more than he had desired her, throwing her out. Absalom, Tamar's full brother, hates Amnon but bides his time for two years. At a sheep-shearing feast, Absalom gets Amnon drunk and has his servants kill him; the other princes flee in terror. David mourns greatly but is eventually consoled; Absalom flees to his maternal grandfather in Geshur and remains there three years.