2 Samuel 13:3 “Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shime…”

2 Samuel 13:3

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

World English Bible

But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.

American Standard Version

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtle man.

Geneva Bible 1599

But Amnon had a friend called Ionadab, the sonne of Shimeah Dauids brother: and Ionadab was a very subtile man.

Darby Translation

And Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd man.

Young's Literal Translation

And Amnon hath a friend, and his name [is] Jonadab, son of Shimeah, David's brother, and Jonadab [is] a very wise man,

Bible in Basic English

But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother: and Jonadab was a very wise man.

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Cross references

“a friend”

Genesis 38:1 Genesis 38:20 Judges 14:20 Esther 5:10 Esther 5:14 Esther 6:13

Genesis 38:1 · BSB

About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.

Genesis 38:20 · BSB

Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.

Judges 14:20 · BSB

and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.

Esther 5:10 · BSB

Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,

Esther 5:14 · BSB

His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The adv…

Esther 6:13 · BSB

Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him…

“Shimeah”

1 Samuel 16:9 2 Samuel 13:32

1 Samuel 16:9 · BSB

Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”

2 Samuel 13:32 · BSB

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 sis…

“Shimeah”

1 Corinthians 3:19 2 Samuel 14:2 Genesis 3:1 Jeremiah 4:22 James 3:15 2 Samuel 14:19

1 Corinthians 3:19 · BSB

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

2 Samuel 14:2 · BSB

So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long…

Genesis 3:1 · BSB

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

Jeremiah 4:22 · BSB

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

James 3:15 · BSB

Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

2 Samuel 14:19 · BSB

So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your serv…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.

4and 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.”

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