2 Samuel 13:12
“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
Note force…: Heb. humble me
Note no such…: Heb. it ought not so to be done
She answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don’t you do this folly!
And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- force me
- Heb. humble me.
- Genesis 34:2; Deuteronomy 22:29
- no such thing ought
- Heb. it ought not so.
- Leviticus 18:9, 11; Leviticus 20:17
- folly
- Genesis 34:7; Judges 19:23; Judges 20:6; Proverbs 5:22, 23; Proverbs 7:7