2 Samuel 13:12

Translations

Modern

“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!

Traditional

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

Literal

And she answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me, for such should not be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing.

Latin

Quæ respondit ei: Noli frater mi, noli opprimere me: neque enim hoc fas est in Israël: noli facere stultitiam hanc.

Original

Hebrew

English

“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!

Notes

2 Samuel 13:12

disgraceful thing: The Hebrew word nebalah means "outrage" or "deplorable act." It often refers to sexual crimes like rape and adultery (Genesis 34:7; Deuteronomy 22:21; Judges 20:6, 10; Jeremiah 29:23). The person responsible must pay with his life.
in Israel: The added phrase either shows outrage that such a crime took place among Israelites, or it describes the act as a serious violation of Israel’s standards for sexual behavior.

Theme notes and profiles

Absalom David Family, Community, and Sexual Sin Human Sexuality

Events

Reign of Davidc. 1055 BC

Related verses

Judges 19:23
The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.
Leviticus 20:17
If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
Judges 20:6
Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
Genesis 34:7
When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
Leviticus 18:11
You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
Leviticus 18:9
You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
Proverbs 7:7
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
Genesis 34:2
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
Proverbs 5:22–23
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Deuteronomy 22:29
…then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Absalom Amnon David Family Life and Relations Incest Kings, Books of First and Second Nathan Samuel, Books of First and Second Shammah Shimeah Tamar (Person)

Topics

Adultery: Amnon Deception: Amnon Deceives Tamar by Feigning Sickness Lasciviousness: Amnon Rape Rape of Tamar by Amnon; Avenged in the Death of Amnon at the Hand of Absalom, Tamar's Brother Seduction of Tamar Tamar: Daughter of David

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