Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man, Cross References 1 Samuel 16:9 Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either." 1 Samuel 16:11 And Samuel asked him, "Are these all the sons you have?" "There is still the youngest," Jesse replied, "but he is tending the sheep." "Send for him," Samuel replied. "For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives." 2 Samuel 13:2 Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her. 2 Samuel 13:4 so he asked Amnon, "Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won't you tell me?" Amnon replied, "I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister." 2 Samuel 13:32 But Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah, spoke up: "My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar. Treasury of Scripture But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtle man. a friend Genesis 38:1,2 Judges 14:20 Judges 14:20 Shimeah 2 Samuel 13:32 1 Samuel 16:9 Shimeah 2 Samuel 14:2,19,20 Genesis 3:1 Jeremiah 4:22 |