It is strange that so wise and sagacious a person as David did not see through so vain a pretence; but that must be ascribed partly to the instincts of nature, which generally preserve near relations from such monstrous actions; and partly to God's providence, which blinded David's mind, that he might bring upon him the designed and threatened judgments.
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2 Samuel 13:7
7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.