By Eze, Virginus Uchenna
Psychological effects of rape among minors in Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State in the light of 2 Samuel 13:1-22 is an expositional attempt to analyze the event of incestuous act between Amnon the elder son of King David and Tamar David’s daughter in the house of King David and to see how its moral lesson could be used to address the social vice of Rape in study context. Summarily, the work focuses on the exegetical analysis of 2 Samuel 13:1-22 with a view of using its hermeneutical applications to suggest how to curtail rape and its attendant psychological effects. The researcher used the available Biblical materials in the library, journals, interviews, observations and internet materials to source his data. The event in 2 Samuel 13:1-22 is an exposition that discloses rape among two children of King David. This endemic crime was aided by parental gap and irresponsibility and bad companies. Unfortunately, this crime is a sin against God and the perpetrators were rejected, dejected and their right forfeited in the society.