DOZ Leadership Lessons
Eturuvie Erebor
amar was
the beautiful
virgin
daughter of King
David. One day her
dreams of marriage
and family life
were shattered
when without
forewarning, she
was raped by her
brother who should
have protected
her from rape and
in her own home
where she should
have been safe from
rape.
anything to her.
But Amnon had a
friend, whose name
was Jonadab, the
son of Shimeah
David’s brother:
and Jonadab was
a very subtil man.
And he said unto
him, why art thou,
being the king’s
son, lean from
day to day? wilt
thou not tell me?
And Amnon said
unto him, I love
Tamar, my brother
Absalom’s sister.
And Jonadab said
unto him, lay thee
down on thy bed,
and make thyself
sick: and when thy
father cometh to
see thee, say unto
him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come,
and give me meat, and dress the meat in
my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at
her hand. So Amnon lay down, and made
himself sick: and when the king was come
to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I
Let’s take a quick
look at the story of
Tamar. The Bible
says, in 2 Samuel
13:1-20, “and it
came to pass after
this, that Absalom the son of David had a
fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and
Amnon the son of David loved her. And
Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for
his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin;
and Amnon thought it hard for him to do
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