![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is your brother do not take this thing to heart.” Absalom’s shushing and dismissing are certainly vile, but it is David’s reaction that stuns: “When King David heard all this, he was furious” (vv. When her brother Absalom learns what Amnon has done, he tells her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. Amnon, one of David’s sons, violates his own sister and then casts her aside. But perhaps none is so jarring as the story of Tamar and Amnon in 2 Samuel 13. The Book of Samuel is filled with stories that ask us to grapple with the sovereignty of God and the severity of sin. We go through it chapter by chapter, verse by verse, and I challenge them to think critically about what they are reading. For the past year, I’ve been teaching the Book of Samuel to a group of women at my church. ![]()
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