2 Samuel 16:21 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²¹ And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be made strong.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

Common English Bible

²¹ “Have sex with your father’s secondary wives—the ones he left to take care of the palace,” Ahithophel told Absalom. “Then all Israel will hear that you have alienated yourself from your father, and everyone who supports you will be encouraged.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And Ahithophel said to Absalom: "Enter to the concubines of your father, whom he left behind in order to care for the house. Thus, when all of Israel will hear that you disgraced your father, their hands may be strengthened with you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And Achitophel said to Absalom: Go in to the concubines of thy father, whom he hath left to keep the house: that when all Israel shall hear that thou hast disgraced thy father, their hands may be strengthened with thee.

2 Samuel 16:21 Cross References

Genesis 34:30

1 They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?

Genesis 35:22

3 The sons of Lia: Ruben the firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zebulon.

Genesis 38:16

7 He said: I will send thee a kid out of the flock. And when she said again: I will suffer what thou wilt, if thou give a pledge, till thou send what thou promisest,

Genesis 6:4

Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men and they brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown.

2 Samuel 10:6

1 And Joab said: If the Syrians are too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon are too strong for thee, then I will help thee.

2 Samuel 12:11

6 And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground.

2 Samuel 13:5

0 Amnon said to Thamar: Bring the mess into the chamber, that I may eat at thy hand. And Thamar took the little messes which she had made, and brought them in to her brother Amnon in the chamber.

2 Samuel 15:16

1 And Ethai answered the king, saying: As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth: in what place soever thou shalt be, my lord, O king, either in death, or in life, there will thy servant be.

2 Samuel 16:20

And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.

2 Samuel 17:7

2 And we shall come upon him in what place soever he shall be found: and we shall cover him, as the dew falleth upon the ground, and we shall not leave of the men that are with him, not so much as one.

2 Samuel 2:7

2 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gabaon

2 Samuel 20:3

And when they were at the great stone which is in Gabaon, Amasa coming met them. And Joab had on a close coat of equal length with his habit, and over it was girded with a sword hanging down to his flank, in a scabbard, made in such manner as to come out with the least motion and strike.

1 Kings 11:25

0 And Ahias taking his new garment, wherewith he was clad, divided it into twelve parts:

1 Kings 2:17

2 And king Solomon answered, and said to his mother: Why dost thou ask Abisag the Sunamitess for Adonias? ask for him also the kingdom: for he is my elder brother, and hath Abiathar the priest, and Joab the son of Sarvia.

1 Kings 2:22

7 So Solomon cast out Abiathar, from being the priest of the Lord, that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke concerning the house of Deli in Silo.

Leviticus 18:8

3 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: because she is thy mother's flesh.

Leviticus 20:11

6 The woman that shall lie under any beast, shall be killed together with the same: their blood be upon them.

Zechariah 8:13

1 And the inhabitants go one to another, saying: Let us go, and entreat the face of the Lord, and let us seek the Lord of hosts: I also will go.

1 Corinthians 5:1

0 I mean not with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or the extortioners, or the servers of idols; otherwise you must needs go out of this world.

1 Samuel 13:4

Then Saul said: Bring me the holocaust, and the peace offerings. And he offered the holocaust.

1 Samuel 27:12

And Saul saw the army of the Plilistines, and was afraid, and his heart was very much dismayed.