2 Samuel 13:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

He refused to eat. — This also seemed natural enough in a whimsical invalid, and for the same reason his next requirement, “Have out all men from me,” awakened no suspicion in the mind of Tamar.

2 Samuel 13:9

9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.