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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 to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. (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 certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
²⁰And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. (Gen. 38:1,20)

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

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Esther 5:10,14• ¹⁰Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
¹⁴Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto 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 told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. (Esther 6:13)

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Prov. 19:6• ⁶Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. (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 hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. (2 Sam. 13:32)

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1 Sam. 16:9• ⁹Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. (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 unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
¹⁹And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
²⁰To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. (2 Sam. 14:2,19‑20)

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Gen. 3:1• ¹Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God 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 none understanding: 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 taketh the wise in their own craftiness. (1 Cor. 3:19)

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James 3:15• ¹⁵This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, 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.