6. So Amnon lay down in bed and acted as if he were sick. King David came in to see him. Amnon said to him, “Please let my sister Tamar come in. Let her make two of her special cakes for me while I watch. Then I will eat them from her hands.”
7. David sent messengers to Tamar in the palace. They told her, “Go to your brother Amnon’s house and make some food for him.”
8. So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house. He was in bed. Tamar took some dough and pressed it together with her hands. She made some special cakes while Amnon watched. Then she baked them.
9. Next she took the pan and took out the cakes for Amnon. But he refused to eat.He said to his servants, “All of you, leave me alone!” So all his servants left the room.
10. Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the inner room. Then I’ll eat from your hand.”Tamar took the cakes she had made. And she brought them to her brother Amnon in the inner room.