Midrash for Sanhedrin 41:20

(שמואל ב יג, ג) ולאמנון רע ושמו יונדב בן שמעה אחי דוד (והיה) איש חכם וגו' אמר רב יהודה אמר רב איש חכם לרשעה

Now, should you imagine that she was the offspring of a legitimate marriage,how could his sister have been granted him [in marriage]? We must infertherefore, that she was the daughter of a yefath-to'ar. And Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David'sbrother, and Jonadab was a very subtle manetc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 3. ');">³⁵</span>

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