Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and dress him meat.
This instruction from David to Tamar belongs to the account in 2 Samuel 13:1-29 of Amnon's shameful, incestuous crime against his sister Tamar. That act was adulterous and was punished with death under the law, which made Amnon doubly guilty. David, condemned in his own conscience by his own sin, neither punished Amnon nor rebuked him.
Absalom avenged his sister by having Amnon killed. As the wronged sister's natural protector, he concealed his vengeful purpose for two full years and then had the drunken Amnon struck down by his order at a feast of the king's sons. The crime brought bitter consequences upon David, making him feel the continuing effects of his own wrongdoing. Amnon's death was twofold judgment meted out to David under his own sentence that four of his sons must fall as the result of his sin.
This instruction from David to Tamar belongs to the account in 2 Samuel 13:1-29 of Amnon's shameful, incestuous crime against his sister Tamar. That act was adulterous and was punished with death under the law, which made Amnon doubly guilty. David, condemned in his own conscience by his own sin, neither punished Amnon nor rebuked him.
Absalom avenged his sister by having Amnon killed. As the wronged sister's natural protector, he concealed his vengeful purpose for two full years and then had the drunken Amnon struck down by his order at a feast of the king's sons. The crime brought bitter consequences upon David, making him feel the continuing effects of his own wrongdoing. Amnon's death was twofold judgment meted out to David under his own sentence that four of his sons must fall as the result of his sin.