2 Samuel 13:16 meaning and explanation

“No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.

2 Samuel 13:16, Berean Standard Bible

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Tamar speaks these words to Amnon, her half-brother, immediately after he has violated her in his bedroom. Under the law, a man who seized a virgin was required to marry her and could never divorce her (Deuteronomy 22:28-29).

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