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| Name | AMNON |
| Aliases | FIRSTBORN OF DAVID / WHO VIOLATED HIS SISTER / SLAIN AT ABSALOM'S FEAST |
| Status | DECEASED / MURDERED BY ABSALOM'S SERVANTS / HIS CRIME REPAID |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THE FIRSTBORN UNDONE BY HIS OWN LUST |
| Place of Birth | HEBRON | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | JUDAH (HOUSE OF DAVID) | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | FIRSTBORN OF DAVID BY AHINOAM | People | THE HOUSE OF DAVID |
| Occupation | PRINCE / HEIR APPARENT | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE HOUSE OF DAVID | Calling | THE HEIR WHOSE CRIME BROUGHT HIS DEATH |
| Primary Mission | STAND AS THE KING'S FIRSTBORN | Known Signs | THE CRIME AGAINST TAMAR / THE MURDER AT SHEEPSHEARING |
| Covenant Role | A WARNING OF UNBRIDLED DESIRE | Divine Access | INDIRECT / OUTSIDE THE FEAR OF THE LORD |
| Divine Encounter Level | INDIRECT | Monarchic Classification | THE DISGRACED FIRSTBORN |
| Covenant Status | COVENANT DEFILED | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | CONDEMNED | Threat Assessment | HIS OWN LUST / ABSALOM'S REVENGE |
| Mission Status | JUDGED / KILLED AT ABSALOM'S FEAST | Archive Category | MONARCHY / UNBRIDLED DESIRE |
What his crafty friend Jonadab devised: A FEIGNED ILLNESS TO GET TAMAR ALONE
How Absalom finally struck him down: WHEN HIS HEART WAS MERRY WITH WINE
The subject was David's firstborn son, heir apparent to the throne, who became sick with desire for his beautiful half-sister Tamar, the sister of Absalom.
His shrewd cousin Jonadab counseled him to pretend to be ill and ask the king to send Tamar to feed him, and so he lured her into his chamber.
There he overpowered and violated her against her pleading, and afterward hated her, casting her out in shame, while his father David, though angry, took no action against him.
Absalom said nothing to the subject, good or bad, but hated him for the disgrace of his sister, and bided his time for two full years.
At his sheepshearing feast Absalom invited all the king's sons, and when the subject's heart was merry with wine, Absalom's servants struck him down at their master's command, avenging Tamar, and setting in motion the sorrows that would fall upon David's house.
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- Desire that will not be ruled destroys the one who indulges it.
- Sin schemed with cunning counsel still ends in shame and death.
- Wrongs left unpunished by authority are often repaid by other hands.
