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Tamar [a] was a princess of Israel, the daughter of King David and sister of Absalom in 2 Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. In the biblical narrative ( 2 Samuel 13 ), she is raped by her half-brother Amnon .
Tamar, whose story is embedded in the ancestor narratives of Genesis, is the ancestress of much of the tribe of Judah and, in particular, of the house of David. She is the daughter-in-law of Judah, who acquires her for his firstborn son, Er. When Er dies, Judah gives Tamar to his second son, Onan, who is to act as levir, a surrogate for his ...
Tamar was the beautiful daughter of the great King David and Maacah, a princess from a neighboring kingdom Her half-brother Amnon became obsessed with her He lured her to his room and raped her, then refused to marry her
He was in the direct line of the ancestry of David, and hence of Christ ( Gen 38; Matt 1:3-6; Luke 3:31-33 ). 2. A beautiful daughter of David, sexually assaulted by her infatuated half brother Amnon, who contrived the deed by feigning illness and arranging to have Tamar bring food to him.
Megan Warner. Tamar is the daughter-in-law of Judah who becomes the ancestor of David and Jesus. Biblical Figures. Share. How did a non-Israelite woman, best known for dressing up as a prostitute and seducing her father-in-law, become a celebrated ancestor of King David and of Jesus? Tamar’s story is told in Gen 38.
Tamar, brought to the presence of Judah, showed him the pledges and said, “I am pregnant from the man who owns these things. Can you tell to whom do they belong?” Judah examined them, recognized that they were his and said, “She is right, because I never gave her my son Shelah (Genesis 38:25–26).”
The story of Tamar, David’s daughter, is told in 2Sam 13:1-22. She is raped by her brother Amnon and silenced by her brother Absalom. The larger narrative in which Tamar’s story is told deals with male matters.
