Genesis 38:6Genesis 38:18
2. A daughter of David raped by her half brother, Amnon (2 Samuel 13:14 ). The act was avenged by her full brother, Absalom, when he had Amnon murdered (2 Samuel 13:28-29 ). These acts were part of Nathan's property that the sword would never depart from David's house (2 Samuel 12:10 ).
3. Absalom named his only daughter Tamar. She is called “a beautiful woman” (2 Samuel 14:27 ).
4. City built by Solomon “in the wilderness” (1 Kings 9:18 ). The text should perhaps read Tadmor (2 Chronicles 8:4 ), since the Hebrew lacks the qualifying phrase “of Judah” and the Masoretic vowel points correspond Tadmor. See Tadmor .
5. Fortified city at the southern end of the Dead Sea, marking the ideal limit of Israel (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28 ). If identical with 4, this Tamar likely served as a supply depot for Solomon's mines in the Arabah and as a frontier post to guard the border with Edom.
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