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2 Sam. 13:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeahg David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtile man.

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1 Sam. 16:9• ⁹Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, Neither has Jehovah chosen this one. (1 Sam. 16:9)

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a friend.

Gen. 38:1,20• ¹And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a man of Adullam whose name was Hirah.
²⁰And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand; but he found her not. (Gen. 38:1,20)

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Judg. 14:20• ²⁰And Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had made his friend. (Judg. 14:20)

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Esther 5:10,14• ¹⁰But Haman controlled himself, and came home; and he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
¹⁴Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it: then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made. (Esther 5:10,14)

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Esther 6:13• ¹³And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife to him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but wilt certainly fall before him. (Esther 6:13)

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Prov. 19:6• ⁶Many court the favour of a noble; and every one is friend to a man that giveth. (Prov. 19:6)

Shimeah.

2 Sam. 13:32• ³²And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he humbled his sister Tamar. (2 Sam. 13:32)

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1 Sam. 16:9• ⁹Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, Neither has Jehovah chosen this one. (1 Sam. 16:9)

Shimeah.

subtil man.

2 Sam. 14:2,19‑20• ²And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, I pray, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead;
¹⁹And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king has spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words into the mouth of thy bondmaid:
²⁰in order to turn the appearance of the thing has thy servant Joab done this thing; but my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that is in the earth. (2 Sam. 14:2,19‑20)

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Gen. 3:1• ¹And the serpent was more crafty than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, Is it even so, that God has said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? (Gen. 3:1)

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Jer. 4:22• ²²For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. (Jer. 4:22)

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1 Cor. 3:19• ¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness. (1 Cor. 3:19)

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James 3:15• ¹⁵This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish. (James 3:15)

• This same man later knows of Absalom's plot but does nothing to oppose it (2 Sam. 13:32). (“Amnon: 2 Samuel 13” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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