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.In other versions
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.
ASV
So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.
BBE
So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
DBY
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.
WEB
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.
YLT
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.
ENG
So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
WBT
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
BSB
In context
20Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
21And 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.
22So 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.
23And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled 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.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Absalom