17. He summoned his young servant and said, "Get this woman out of my presence and lock the door after her." (
18. She was wearing a long-sleeved robe because that was what the virgin princesses wore as garments.) So Amnon’s servant put her out and locked the door after her.
19. Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long-sleeved robe she was wearing. She put her hand on her head and walked away, crying as she went.
20. Her brother Absalom said to her, "Has your brother Amnon been with you? Keep quiet about it for now, sister; he’s your brother. Don’t let it bother you." So Tamar, a broken woman, lived in her brother Absalom’s house.
21. When King David heard about all this he got very angry, but he refused to punish his son Amnon because he loved him as his oldest child.
22. Absalom never spoke to Amnon, good word or bad, because he hated him for raping his sister Tamar.