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Bible study · 2 Samuel 13:1-39

2 Samuel 13: No such thing in Israel

Read 2 Samuel 13:1-39 before you meet.

In a few lines

Tamar answers in words Israel had heard before: "no such thing ought to be done in Israel" and "folly" (13:12) are, in Hebrew, the words of Genesis 34:7, and her "garment of various colors" (13:18) is the Hebrew of Joseph's tunic (Genesis 37:3), whose father also "mourned for his son" (Genesis 37:34).

The verse to carry

“But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.”

2 Samuel 13:37

To talk about

  1. 1. The chapter keeps Tamar's own words (13:12-13, 13:16). When someone tells you they have been wronged, what helps you listen well?

  2. 2. David was very angry (13:21), and Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad for two years (13:22-23). What have you seen anger do in a family when it is never spoken or dealt with?

  3. 3. David mourned for his son every day and longed to go out to Absalom (13:37-39). Where do you take grief that you can't fix?

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