2 Samuel 13:19

Amnon and Tamar · 2 Samuel 13:1–22
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Translations

Modern
And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying aloud.
Traditional
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
Literal
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and she tore her tunic of many colors that was on her, and she put her hand on her head and went, going on and crying bitterly.
Latin
Quæ aspergens cinerem capiti suo, scissa talari tunica, impositisque manibus super caput suum, ibat ingrediens, et clamans.

Original

Hebrew
English
And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying aloud.

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Absalom David Family, Community, and Sexual Sin

Events

People

Tamar: David's daughter, raped by her half-brother Amnon

Glossary

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

Topics

Adultery: Amnon Ashes: A Symbol of Mourning Head in Grief: The Hands Placed On Mourning for Calamities and Other Sorrows: Ripping the Garments Mourning: Laying the Hand on the Head Rape of Tamar by Amnon; Avenged in the Death of Amnon at the Hand of Absalom, Tamar's Brother Rending: (Ripping, Tearing) of Garments, an Outward Sign of Affliction Tamar: Daughter of David