Faith Bible Institute Semester 3 Old Testament Practice Test 2026 – Your All-In-One Study Guide for Exam Success!

This item tests how the sequence of consequences unfolds in David’s family after his sin with Bathsheba. The second payment refers to the next major consequence within David’s household: Amnon’s desiring and then raping his half-sister Tamar. This act grows out of the moral breakdown that began with David and Bathsheba and it triggers further tragedy—Absalom, Tamar’s brother, murders Amnon in revenge. So, the rape of Tamar by Amnon is understood as the second wave of punishment carried out within David’s family, described in 2 Samuel 13, and it sets the stage for the continuing turmoil that follows in the narrative.