II Samuel 13:19
The Scripture
(19) And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
David's son Amnon deceitfully raped his half-sister Tamar and then cast her out in hatred, leaving her desolate in her brother Absalom's house. Two years later Absalom had his servants kill Amnon in revenge during a sheep-shearing feast, then fled to Geshur.
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