And with that, I would like to make mention that the story of Amnon, Tamar, and Absalom always got my attention when reading through King David's time of reign. It is sad to see how Amnon - at least at first glance - seemed genuinely in love with his half-sister Tamar, but he listened to some really bad advice from his friend Jonadab to actually set up an attempt to seduce her by having her alone with him in his room while he feigned illness, instead of just, you know, telling her without pretext or selfish intent. But at the same time I hesitate to say that Amnon ever, before making that choice for evil, loved Tamar in any Godly or pure sense in the first place, as it is evident that his physical desire for her was too great and it tipped the scales so that he let himself be overcome by lust to the point of taking her virginity against her will, literally not being able to wait, what, just a few days or a week to have the King's blessing to marry Tamar when she herself said she would be willing if David did so? Amnon dishonors Tamar in two different ways here, the girl he claimed to Jonadab to love, and the evil unfortunately did not stop there. Absalom feigns forgiveness for his brother Amnon's horrific actions but all the while plans to kill him in vengeance, which he succeeds in, causing King David to lose one son to death and soon, as I believe we will see coming up in 2 Samuel, another son to treachery and madness.
