2 Samuel 16:22 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²² And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² So they spread for Absalom a tent on the top of the [king's] house, and Absalom went in to his father's harem in the sight of all Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² 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.

Common English Bible

²² So they set up a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he had sex with his father’s secondary wives in plain sight before all Israel. (

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Therefore, they spread a tent for Absalom on the rooftop. And he entered to the concubines of his father in the sight of all Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house: and he went in to his father's concubines before all Israel.

2 Samuel 16:22 Cross References

Genesis 35:22

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

2 Samuel 11:2

And Urias came to David. And David asked how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was carried on.

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 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.

Isaiah 3:9

7 The Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Sion, and the Lord will discover their hair.

Jeremiah 3:3

1 And the Lord said to me: The rebellious Israel hath justified her soul, in comparison of the treacherous Juda.

Jeremiah 8:12

0 The harvest is passed, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

Ezekiel 24:7

5 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Numbers 25:6

1 Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned away my wrath from the children of Israel: because he was moved with my zeal against them, that I myself might not destroy the children of Israel in my zeal.

Philippians 3:19

And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.