Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone out of here,” Amnon said. So everyone left him.

New International Version Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone out of here,” Amnon said.

Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.

2 Samuel 13:9 King James Version (KJV) · And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me.

2 Samuel 13:9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat . And Amnon said , Have out all men from me.

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house. She took dough, kneaded it, formed it into dumplings, and cooked them while he watched from his bed.

2 Samuel 13:9 She took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. Amnon said, Have out all men from me. They went out every man from ...

And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.

Amnon desires Tamar, his sister, and forces her—He is slain by Absalom's command—Absalom flees to Geshur.

The verse captures a moment of deep moral failure, demonstrating how Amnon, influenced by a cunning friend, plots to achieve his selfish desires at any cost.