1 Chronicles 3:9
All these were the sons of David, in addition to the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
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1 Chronicles 3:9
All these were the sons of David, in addition to the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
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Genesis 25:5
Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac,
Genesis 25:6
but Abraham gave gifts to the sons of Abraham’s concubines. While he still lived, he sent them away from Isaac his son, eastward, to the east country.
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2 Samuel 12:11
“This is what Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
2 Samuel 15:16
The king went out, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
2 Samuel 20:3
David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody and provided them with sustenance, but didn’t go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
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2 Samuel 13:2
Amnon was so troubled that he became sick because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.
2 Samuel 13:3
But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.
2 Samuel 13:4
He said to him, “Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
2 Samuel 13:5
Jonadab said to him, “Lay down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’ ”
2 Samuel 13:6
So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”
2 Samuel 13:7
Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.”
2 Samuel 13:8
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.
2 Samuel 13:9
She took the pan and poured them out before him, but he refused to eat. Amnon said, “Have all men leave me.” Then every man went out from him.
2 Samuel 13:10
Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the room, that I may eat from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the room to Amnon her brother.
2 Samuel 13:11
When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister!”
2 Samuel 13:12
She answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don’t you do this folly.
2 Samuel 13:13
As for me, where would I carry my shame? And as for you, you will be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.”
2 Samuel 13:14
However, he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.
2 Samuel 13:15
Then Amnon hated her with exceedingly great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Arise, be gone!”
2 Samuel 13:16
She said to him, “Not so, because this great wrong in sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me!” But he would not listen to her.
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2 Samuel 13:17
Then he called his servant who ministered to him, and said, “Now put this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.”
2 Samuel 13:18
She had a garment of various colors on her, for the king’s daughters who were virgins dressed in such robes. Then his servant brought her out and bolted the door after her.
2 Samuel 13:19
Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
2 Samuel 13:20
Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.
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1 Kings 15:8
Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.
Matthew 1:7
Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.
Matthew 1:8
Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.
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1 Chronicles 28:5
Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of Yahweh’s kingdom over Israel.
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2 Samuel 14:27
Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.
2 Chronicles 11:19
She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
2 Chronicles 11:20
After her, he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
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Judges 8:30
Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives.
2 Samuel 3:2
Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
2 Samuel 3:3
and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
2 Samuel 3:4
and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
1 Kings 11:3
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. His wives turned his heart away.
2 Chronicles 11:23
He dealt wisely, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. He gave them food in abundance; and he sought many wives for them.
2 Chronicles 13:21
But Abijah grew mighty and took for himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
Song of Solomon 6:8
There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
Song of Solomon 6:9
My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed. The queens and the concubines saw her, and they praised her.
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