2 Samuel 16:21
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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.Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
In other translations
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.Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֲחִיתֹפֶל'achitofelAhithophelH302אֶל־'el-toH413אַבְשָׁלֹם'avshalomAbsalomH53בּוֹאbo'goH935אֶל־'el-intoH413פִּלַגְשֵׁיpilagshei[the] concubines ofH6370אָבִיךָ'avikhafather yourH1אֲשֶׁר'asherwhomH834הִנִּיחַhiniachhe leftH5117לִשְׁמוֹרlishmorto keepH8104הַבָּיִתhabayitthe houseH1004וְשָׁמַעveshama'and it will hearH8085כָּל־kol-allH3605יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478כִּי־ki-thatH3588נִבְאַשְׁתָּniv'ashtayou have made yourself odiousH887אֶת־'et-withH854אָבִיךָ'avikhafather yourH1וְחָזְקוּvechazekuand they will be strongH2388יְדֵיyedei[the] hands ofH3027כָּל־kol-allH3605אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834אִתָּךְ׃'itakh[are] with youH854
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 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.When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
- 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.Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.
- 2 Samuel 2:7Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”
- Leviticus 18:8The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
- Zechariah 8:13And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”
- 1 Kings 2:17And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
- Leviticus 20:11And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
- Genesis 38:16And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
- 1 Samuel 13:4And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
- Genesis 34:30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
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People and places
People: Absalom, Ahithophel, Jacob