13:28 Absalom instructed his servants, “Look! When Amnon is drunk 1 and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!” 2
13:32 Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, said, “My lord should not say, ‘They have killed all the young men who are the king’s sons.’ For only Amnon is dead. This is what Absalom has talked about 3 from the day that Amnon 4 humiliated his sister Tamar.
1 tn Heb “when good is the heart of Amnon with wine.”
2 tn Heb “and become sons of valor.”
3 tn Heb “it was placed on the mouth of Absalom.”
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amnon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.