Tamar was wearing a long robe with many colors. The king’s virgin
daughters wore robes like this. Tamar tore her robe of many colors and
put ashes on her head. Then she put her hand on her head and began
crying. Then Tamar’s brother Absalom said to her, “Have you been with
your brother Amnon? Did he hurt you? Now, calm down sister. Amnon is
your brother, so we will take care of this. Don’t let it upset you too
much.” So Tamar did not say anything. She quietly went to live at
Absalom’s house. King David heard the news and became very angry, but he
did not want to say anything to upset Amnon, because he loved him since
he was his firstborn son. Absalom began to hate Amnon. Absalom did not
say one word, good or bad, to Amnon, but he hated him because Amnon had
raped his sister Tamar.
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