2 Samuel 13:15 meaning and explanation

Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”

2 Samuel 13:15, Berean Standard Bible

Explanation preview

Amnon has just raped his half sister Tamar in his bedroom, having lured her there under the pretense of illness and food. The narrator records a violent reversal: the desire Amnon called love turns instantly into hatred more intense than the love had been.

Read and study this verse. Three complete study layers are included with Premium.

Read this verse in the app