That I may eat at her hand. — This request from an invalid seemed natural, and was readily granted.
Sent home. — Literally, into the house; i.e., to the private apartments of the women — the harem.
Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 13:6
2 Samuel 13:6
6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.