Son of whose violence against Tamar leads to Absalom's revenge.
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Firstborn son of by of who conceives a violent obsession with his half-sister Tamar and rapes her after feigning illness, then despises her and turns her away. David is furious but does nothing, and after two years invites Amnon to a sheep-shearing feast at Baal-hazor and has his servants kill him while he is drunk. His murder sets off Absalom's flight and the chain of events that lead to his revolt.
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