2 Samuel 16:22
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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.So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
In other translations
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.So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
Hebrew words
וַיַּטּוּvaiyatuand they pitchedH5186לְאַבְשָׁלוֹםle'avshalomfor AbsalomH53הָאֹהֶלha'ohelthe tentH168עַל־'al-onH5921הַגָּגhagagthe roofH1406וַיָּבֹאvaiyavo'and he wentH935אַבְשָׁלוֹם'avshalomAbsalomH53אֶל־'el-intoH413פִּלַגְשֵׁיpilagshei[the] concubines ofH6370אָבִיו'avivfather hisH1לְעֵינֵיle'eineito [the] eyes ofH5869כָּל־kol-allH3605יִשְׂרָאֵל׃yisra'elIsraelH3478
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Related verses
- 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.
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- 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.Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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- 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;For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
- Philippians 3:19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
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