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Jonadab quietly proposes his plan while Amnon listens from the couch.
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2 Samuel 13:5

The deceptive plan

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5Jehonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let Tamar my sister come and give me food, and let her prepare the meal in my sight, so that I may watch and eat from her hand.’”

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