DAVID'S SON AMNON IS KILLED FOR RAPING HIS SISTER

PROCLAMATION

“Now Absalom had commended his servants, saying, ‘Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, ‘Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not; have not I commanded you?  Be courageous, and be valiant.’  And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded …”  2 Samuel 13:28-29 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These words were written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God after the death of the prophet Samuel by Nathan the prophet and Gad the seer.  David’s son Amnon became obsessed with his beautiful half-sister, Tamar. (2 Samuel 13:1-2)  With the help of his advisor, Amnon developed a plan, pretending to be sick, to have King David send Tamar to care for him and feed him. (2 Samuel 13:3-7)  Tamar went to his house and prepared a meal for him.  When she took the food to his bedroom, he grabbed her, and he raped her, and then he sent her away from him. (2 Samuel 13:8-14)  When Absalom found out what had happened to his sister, he hated Amnon, but he kept quiet about it. (2 Samuel 13:20-22)  Two years later he devised a plan to kill Amnon for disgracing his sister.  Absalom held a feast at sheep-shearing time and invited the king and all of his sons to the feast.  Absalom commanded his servants to wait until Amnon was “merry with wine” and then kill him. (2 Samuel 13:23-29)  David was told that Amnon was dead and that Absalom had killed him because he had raped his sister Tamar. (2 Samuel 13:32) After this Absalom fled to Geshur and stayed there for three years. (2 Samuel 13:37-39)

 

APPLICATION

The Bible teaches us to flee fornication (1 Corinthians 6:18) and that no one is to have sexual relations with any close relative. (Leviticus 18:6-18)  Forced sexual relations with an unmarried relative just make a bad situation worse, and the passage of time does not erase the sin.  While we are taught not to hold a grudge against one another, (James 5:9) however, some people can hold a grudge for a long time.  Just because time passes by and no rage is shown towards us does not mean that we got away with a sin without getting caught.  Man may not catch us, but we will have to pay for our sin.  Those who live after the flesh will die because of the flesh. (Romans 8:5 and 8:13)  The Lord God sees all (Psalm 33:13) and one day we will have to give an account for our actions. (Luke 16:2 and Revelation 20:12-13)