2 Samuel 16:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Your father left some of his slave women here to take care of the house. Go and have sexual relations with them. Then all the Israelites will hear how you humiliated your father, and they will be encouraged to give you more support.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:3

David went back to his house in Jerusalem. He had left ten of his slave women to take care of the house. He put these women in a special house. Then he put guards around the house. They stayed in this house until they died. David took care of the women and gave them food, but he did not have sexual relations with them. They lived like widows until they died.

2 Samuel 15:16

King David left with everyone in his family, except ten of his slave women. He left them to take care of the house.

Zechariah 8:13

People began using the names Israel and Judah in their curses. But I will save Israel and Judah, and their names will become a blessing. So don’t be afraid. Be strong!”

2 Samuel 2:7

Now be strong and brave. Your lord, Saul, is dead, but the tribe of Judah has anointed me to be their king.”

Leviticus 18:8

You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife, even if she is not your mother, because that is like having sexual relations with your father.

1 Corinthians 5:1

I don’t want to believe what I am hearing—that there is sexual sin among you. And it is such a bad kind of sexual sin that even those who have never known God don’t allow it. People say that a man there has his father’s wife.

1 Kings 2:22

King Solomon answered his mother, “Why are you asking me to give Abishag to Adonijah? Why don’t you just ask me to give him the whole kingdom! After all, he is my older brother, and both Abiathar the priest and Joab support him!”

1 Kings 2:17

Adonijah said, “I know that King Solomon will do whatever you ask. So please ask him to let me marry Abishag, the woman from Shunem.”

2 Samuel 12:11

“This is what the Lord says: ‘I am bringing trouble against you. This trouble will come from your own family. I will take your wives from you and give them to someone who is very close to you. He will have sexual relations with your wives, and everyone will know it!

1 Samuel 27:12

Achish began to trust David and said to himself, “Now David’s own people hate him. The Israelites hate him very much. Now he will serve me forever.”

1 Samuel 13:4

All the Israelites heard this news: “Saul has killed the Philistine leader. Now the Philistines will really hate the Israelites!” The Israelites were called to join Saul at Gilgal.

Leviticus 20:11

If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death. They are responsible for their own death. It is as if that man had sexual relations with his father!

Genesis 38:16

So he went to her and said, “Let me have sex with you.” (Judah did not know that she was Tamar, his daughter-in-law.) She said, “How much will you give me?”

Genesis 35:22

Israel stayed there for a short time. While he was there, Reuben slept with Israel’s slave woman Bilhah. Israel heard about this, and he was very angry. These are the names of Jacob’s twelve sons:

Genesis 34:30

But Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused me a lot of trouble. All the people in this place will hate me. All the Canaanites and the Perizzites will turn against me. There are only a few of us. If the people in this place gather together to fight against us, I will be destroyed. And all our people will be destroyed with me.”

2 Samuel 16:20

Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Please tell us what we should do.”

2 Samuel 17:7

Hushai said to Absalom, “Ahithophel’s advice is not good this time.”

2 Samuel 10:6

The Ammonites saw that they had become David’s enemies, so they hired Arameans from Beth Rehob and Zobah. There were 20,000 Aramean foot soldiers. The Ammonites also hired the king of Maacah with 1000 men and 12,000 men from Tob.

2 Samuel 13:5

Jonadab said to Amnon, “Go to bed. Pretend you are sick. Then your father will come to see you. Tell him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come in and give me food to eat. Let her make the food in front of me. Then I will see it and eat it from her hand.’”

1 Kings 11:25

Rezon became the king of Aram. He was an enemy of Israel throughout Solomon’s life and added to the trouble that Hadad created for Israel.