7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.
7 David sent word to Tamar at the palace: "Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him."
7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go to your brother Amnon's house and prepare food for him."
7 David sent word to Tamar who was home at the time: "Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare a meal for him."
7 And David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Now go to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him."
7 So David agreed and sent Tamar to Amnon's house to prepare some food for him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:7
Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:1-20
(Read 2 Samuel 13:1-20)
From henceforward David was followed with one trouble after another. Adultery and murder were David's sins, the like sins among his children were the beginnings of his punishment: he was too indulgent to his children. Thus David might trace the sins of his children to his own misconduct, which must have made the anguish of the chastisement worse. Let no one ever expect good treatment from those who are capable of attempting their seduction; but it is better to suffer the greatest wrong than to commit the least sin.