Person Old Testament
Tamar
Tamar was the beautiful daughter of Absalom, named after his tragic sister. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 2 Samuel 14:27.
Why it matters. Absalom's beautiful daughter
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Tamar
Tamar is mentioned in 2Sa.14.27 as the beautiful daughter of Absalom. She was likely named after Absalom's full sister Tamar, who was tragically raped by their half-brother Amnon.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
2 Samuel (1 verse)