2 Samuel 13:8

2 Samuel Old Testament

WEB

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. She took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

KJV

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.

Commentary

Commentary

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house,.... In obedience to the king's commands, and in affection to her b rother, with an innocent breast, having no suspicion of any design upon her chastity: (and he was laid down); upon a couch or bed in his chamber, as being sick as was pretended, into which she was introduced: and she took flour, and kneaded it; made it into a paste: and made cakes in his sight; a kind of fritters of them, as in the Talmud (y): and did bake the cakes: or fried them in a frying pan, in oil. (y) T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 21. 1.