2 Samuel 16:22 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- Ahithophel's counselThe wisest counsellors of that age were Ahithophel and Hushai: Absalom thinks himself sure of success, when he has both; on them he relies, and consults not...
Thompson Chains
- AdulterySee the chain from Judges 2:17 · 13 links
Parallel Passages
- Leviticus 18:8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- 2 Samuel 12:11–12 Thus 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 15:16 And 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 20:3 And 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.
- Numbers 25:6 And, 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.
- 2 Samuel 11:2 And 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.
- Isaiah 3:9 The 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.
- Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 8:12 Were 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 24:7 For 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;
- Philippians 3:19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
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Topics
- Adultery Absalom
- Ahithophel Joins Absalom
- David Shimei curses him
- Friendship David and Hushai
- House Roofs, flat
- Incest Absalom
- Rebellion Absalom
Kings of Israel & Judah
- DavidKing of Israel · 1055–1015 BC
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1055–1015 BC · David reigns in Israel
Bible Dictionary
Strong’s Numbers
- So they spread נָטָה nâṭâh
- Absalom אֲבִישָׁלוֹם ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
- a tent אֹהֶל ʼôhel
- upon the top of the house גָּג gâg
- and Absalom אֲבִישָׁלוֹם ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
- went in בּוֹא bôwʼ
- unto his father's אָב ʼâb
- concubines פִּילֶגֶשׁ pîylegesh
- in the sight עַיִן ʻayin
- of all Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
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