13. Where would I take my shame? And you would be labeled a fool in Israel. So please, speak to the king; he will not keep me from you.”
14. But he would not listen to her; he was too strong for her: he forced her down and raped her.
15. Then Amnon felt intense hatred for her; the hatred he felt for her far surpassed the love he had had for her. Amnon said to her, “Get up, leave.”
16. She replied, “No, brother, because sending me away would be far worse than this evil thing you have done to me.” He would not listen to her,
17. but called the youth who was his attendant and said, “Send this girl outside, away from me, and bar the door after her.”
18. Now she had on a long tunic, for that is how virgin princesses dressed in olden days. When his attendant put her out and barred the door after her,
19. Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long tunic in which she was clothed. Then, putting her hands to her head, she went away crying loudly.