John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 13:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house, etc.] In obedience to the king’s commands, and in affection to her brother, 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 f216 : and did bake the cakes: or fried them in a frying pan, in oil.

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