5. Jonadab said to him, “Pretend that you are ill and go to bed. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please ask my sister Tamar to come and feed me. I want her to prepare the food here where I can see her, and then serve it to me herself.’ ”
6. So Amnon pretended that he was ill and went to bed.King David went to see him, and Amnon said to him, “Please let Tamar come and make a few cakes here where I can see her, and then serve them to me herself.”
7. So David sent word to Tamar in the palace: “Go to Amnon's house and prepare some food for him.”
8. She went there and found him in bed. She took some dough, prepared it, and made some cakes there where he could see her. Then she baked the cakes
9. and emptied them out of the pan for him to eat, but he wouldn't. He said, “Send everyone away” — and they all left.
10. Then he said to her, “Bring the cakes here to my bed and serve them to me yourself.” She took the cakes and went over to him.
11. As she offered them to him, he grabbed her and said, “Come to bed with me!”
12. “No,” she said. “Don't force me to do such a degrading thing! That's awful!
13. How could I ever hold up my head in public again? And you — you would be completely disgraced in Israel. Please, speak to the king, and I'm sure that he will give me to you.”
14. But he would not listen to her; and since he was stronger than she was, he overpowered her and raped her.