“Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king said to him, “Why should he go with you?””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 13 contains 39 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.