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Amnon In the Bible, David's eldest son. He raped his half sister Tamar and was killed for it by her brother Absalom.

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Absalom

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Absalom In the Old Testament, third and favourite son of King David. A youth of uncontrollable arrogance, he murdered his brother Amnon, and led a failed rebellion against David. Trapped in flight when his hair became entangled in the branches of an oak, he was killed by David's general Joab.

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Absalom. Son of David. After the rape of his sister Tamar by their half-brother Amnon, Absalom murdered Amnon and fled the court. Having raised rebellion against his father David, he was killed in the subsequent battle, evoking David's lament (2 Samuel 13–18).

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