2 Sam 13:21
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he was very wroth.
The Septuagint and Vulgate add, [Kai ouk elupese to pneuma Amnon tou huiou autou, hoti egapa auton, hoti prototokos autou en;] et noluit contristare spiritum Amnon filii sui, quoniam diligebat eum, quia primogenitus erat ei:
"But he would not grieve the soul of Amnon his son, for he loved him because he was his first-born." The same addition is found in Josephus; and it is probable that it once formed a part of the Hebrew text.
2Sam 3:28; 2Sam 3:29; 2Sam 12:5; 2Sam 12:10; Gen 34:7; 1Sam 2:22-25; 1Sam 2:29; Ps 101:8