KJV King James Version
So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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2 Samuel 16:22
So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
WEB World English Bible
So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
ASV American Standard Version
So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they spread out for Absalom the tent on the roof, and Absalom goeth in unto the concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel.
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 16
19 And again, whom should I serve? [should I] not [serve] in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence.
20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that [are] with thee be strong.
22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, [was] as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so [was] all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
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וַיַּטּ֧וּH5186 · na.tahto stretchלְאַבְשָׁל֛וֹםH53 · a.vi.sha.lomAbsalomהָאֹ֖הֶלH168 · o.heltentעַל־H5921 · aluponהַגָּ֑גH1406 · gagroofוַיָּבֹ֤אH935 · boto come (in): comeאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙H53 · a.vi.sha.lomAbsalomאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)פִּֽלַגְשֵׁ֣יH6370 · pi.le.geshconcubineאָבִ֔יוH1 · avfatherלְעֵינֵ֖יH5869 · a.yineyeכָּל־H3605 · kolallיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
2 Samuel 12:11-12Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give [them] unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.2 Samuel 15:16And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, [which were] concubines, to keep the house.2 Samuel 20:3And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women [his] concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.Isaiah 3:9The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide [it] not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.Philippians 3:19Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)Numbers 25:6And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who [were] weeping [before] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.Ezekiel 24:7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
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