2 Samuel 13:3
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Now Ammon had a friend, named Jonadab the son of Semmaa the brother of David, a very wise man:

a friend

Genesis 38:1,2 At that time Juda went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Odollamite, named Hiras. . . .

Judges 14:20 But his wife took one of his friends and bridal companions for her husband.

Judges 14:20 But his wife took one of his friends and bridal companions for her husband.

Esther 5:10,14 But dissembling his anger, and returning into his house, he called together to him his friends, and Zares his wife: . . .

Esther 6:13 And he told Zares his wife, and his friends, all that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered him: If Mardochai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou canst not resist him, but thou shalt fall in his sight.

Proverbs 19:6 Many honour the person of him that is mighty, and are friends of him that giveth gifts.

Shimeah

2 Samuel 13:32 But Jonadab the son of Semmaa David's brother answering, said: Let not my lord the king think that all the king's sons are slain: Ammon only is dead, for he was appointed by the mouth of Absalom from the day that he ravished his sister Thamar.

1 Samuel 16:9 And Isai brought Samma, and he said of him: Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

Shimeah

2 Samuel 14:2,19,20 Sent to Thecua, and fetched from thence a wise woman: and said to her: Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, and be not anointed with oil, that thou mayest be as a woman that had a long time been mourning for one dead. . . .

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise?

Jeremiah 4:22 For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness.

James 3:15 For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but earthly, sensual, devilish.

Context
Amnon and Tamar
2And he was exceedingly fond of her, so that he fell sick for the love of her: for as she was a virgin, he thought it hard to do any thing dishonestly with her. 3Now Ammon had a friend, named Jonadab the son of Semmaa the brother of David, a very wise man:4And he said to him: Why dost thou grow so lean from day to day, O son of the king? why dost thou not tell me the reason of it? And Ammon said to him: I am in love with Thamar the sister of my brother Absalom.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:9
And Isai brought Samma, and he said of him: Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

1 Samuel 16:11
And Samuel said to Isai: Are here all thy sons? He answered: There remaineth yet a young one, who keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to Isai: Send, and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

2 Samuel 13:2
And he was exceedingly fond of her, so that he fell sick for the love of her: for as she was a virgin, he thought it hard to do any thing dishonestly with her.

2 Samuel 13:4
And he said to him: Why dost thou grow so lean from day to day, O son of the king? why dost thou not tell me the reason of it? And Ammon said to him: I am in love with Thamar the sister of my brother Absalom.

2 Samuel 13:32
But Jonadab the son of Semmaa David's brother answering, said: Let not my lord the king think that all the king's sons are slain: Ammon only is dead, for he was appointed by the mouth of Absalom from the day that he ravished his sister Thamar.

Lexicon
Now Amnon
וּלְאַמְנ֣וֹן (ū·lə·’am·nō·wn)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 550: Amnon -- 'faithful', two Israelites

had a friend
רֵ֗עַ (rê·a‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

named
וּשְׁמוֹ֙ (ū·šə·mōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

Jonadab,
יֽוֹנָדָ֔ב (yō·w·nā·ḏāḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3122: Jonadab

the son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of David’s
דָוִ֑ד (ḏā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

brother
אֲחִ֣י (’ă·ḥî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

Shimeah.
שִׁמְעָ֖ה (šim·‘āh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8093: Shimeah -- a brother of David

Jonadab
וְי֣וֹנָדָ֔ב (wə·yō·w·nā·ḏāḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3122: Jonadab

was a very
מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

shrewd
חָכָ֖ם (ḥā·ḵām)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2450: Wise

man,
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person


Additional Translations
Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtle man.

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.

And Amnon had a friend, and his name was Jonadab, the son of Samaa the brother of David: and Jonadab was a very cunning man.

And Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd man.

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.

And Amnon hath a friend, and his name is Jonadab, son of Shimeah, David's brother, and Jonadab is a very wise man,
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