2 Samuel 15:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ So the king and all his household after him went forth. But he left ten women who were concubines to keep the house. [II Sam. 12:11; 20:3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, that were concubines, to keep the house.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So the king left, with his entire household following him, but he left ten secondary wives behind to take care of the palace.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Therefore, the king departed, with his entire household on foot. And the king left behind ten women of the concubines to care for the house.

2 Samuel 15:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:11

‘This is what the Lord says,  “I am going to bring disaster on you from your own family: I will take your wives and give them to another  before your very eyes, and he will sleep with them in broad daylight.

2 Samuel 12:2

The rich man had very large flocks and herds,

2 Samuel 15:15

The king’s servants said to the king, ‘Whatever my lord the king decides, we are your servants.’

2 Samuel 15:17

So the king set out, and all the people followed him. They stopped at the last house

2 Samuel 19:10

But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king? ’

2 Samuel 20:3

When David came to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace and placed them under guard.  He provided for them, but he was not intimate with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed  to this age,  but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,  so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will  of God.

Judges 4:10

Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.

1 Samuel 25:27

Let this gift  your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.

1 Samuel 25:42

Then Abigail got up quickly, and with her five female servants accompanying her, rode on the donkey following David’s messengers.  And so she became his wife.