8. Then Tamar went to his house while Amnon was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his presence, and baked them.
9. She brought the pan and set it down in front of him, but he refused to eat. Amnon said, “Everyone leave me! ” And everyone left him.
10. “Bring the meal to the bedroom,” Amnon told Tamar, “so I can eat from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.
11. When she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, “Come sleep with me, my sister! ”
12. “Don’t, my brother! ” she cried. “Don’t humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Don’t do this horrible thing!
13. Where could I ever go with my disgrace? And you — you would be like one of the immoral men in Israel! Please, speak to the king, for he won’t keep me from you.”
14. But he refused to listen to her, and because he was stronger than she was, he raped her.
15. After this, Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that the hatred he hated her with was greater than the love he had loved her with. “Get out of here! ” he said.
16. “No,” she cried, “sending me away is much worse than the great wrong you’ve already done to me! ” But he refused to listen to her.
17. Instead, he called to the servant who waited on him: “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her! ”
18. Amnon’s servant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a long-sleeved garment, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
19. Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long-sleeved garment she was wearing. She put her hand on her head and went away crying out.
20. Her brother Absalom said to her: “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.
21. When King David heard about all these things, he was furious.