Tamar
Mentioned 1052–1029 BC traditional (Jones)
A daughter of David (2 Sam. 13:1-32; 1 Chr. 3:9), whom Amnon shamefully outraged and afterwards “hated exceedingly,” thereby illustrating the law of human nature noticed even by the heathen, “Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris”, i.e., “It is the property of human nature to hate one whom you have injured.”
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- The 35th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Mentioned in the era of the Kingdom, 1050–587 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Amnon, Absalom, David, Jonadab, and Shammah.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
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Mentions
Begat counts Tamar in 13 tagged verses across 2 books.
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The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Tamar 32 |
| KJV | Tamar 24 |
| ASV | Tamar 26 |
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Every verse
All 13 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
2 Samuel12 verses
- 13:1
After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
- 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.
- 13:4
and 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.”
- 13:5
Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
- 13:6
So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”
- 13:7
Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.”
- 13:8
So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.
- 13:10
Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.
- 13:19
And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying aloud.
- 13:20
Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.
- 13:22
And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.
- 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.
1 Chronicles1 verse
- 3:9
These were all the sons of David, besides the sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
A daughter of David (2 Sam. 13:1-32; 1 Chr. 3:9), whom Amnon shamefully outraged and afterwards “hated exceedingly,” thereby illustrating the law of human nature noticed even by the heathen, “Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris”, i.e., “It is the property of human nature to hate one whom you have injured.”