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2 Sam. 13:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeahg David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtile man.

1 Sam. 16:9• ⁹{i}Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, Neither has Jehovah chosen this one.{/i} (1 Sam. 16:9)

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a friend.

Gen. 38:1,20• ¹And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a man of Adullam whose name was Hirah.
²⁰{i}And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand; but he found her not.{/i} (Gen. 38:1,20)

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Judg. 14:20• ²⁰{i}And Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had made his friend.{/i} (Judg. 14:20)

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Esther 5:10,14• ¹⁰Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife.
¹⁴Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman: and he caused the gallows to be made. (Esther 5:10,14)

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Esther 6:13• ¹³And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, [be] of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. (Esther 6:13)

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Prov. 19:6• ⁶Many court the favour of a prince;{HR}And every one [is] a friend to him that giveth. (Prov. 19:6)

Shimeah.

2 Sam. 13:32• ³²{i}And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he humbled his sister Tamar.{/i} (2 Sam. 13:32)

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1 Sam. 16:9• ⁹{i}Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, Neither has Jehovah chosen this one.{/i} (1 Sam. 16:9)

Shimeah.

subtil man.

2 Sam. 14:2,19‑20• ²{i}And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, I pray, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead;{/i}
¹⁹And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
²⁰to fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. (2 Sam. 14:2,19‑20)

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Gen. 3:1• ¹Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? (Gen. 3:1)

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Jer. 4:22• ²²{i}For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.{/i} (Jer. 4:22)

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1 Cor. 3:19• ¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness; (1 Cor. 3:19)

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James 3:15• ¹⁵This wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, natural, demoniacal. (James 3:15)

• This same man later knows of Absalom's plot but does nothing to oppose it (2 Sam. 13:32). (“Amnon: 2 Samuel 13” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

And Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd man.

W. Kelly Translation

And Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd man.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)