2 Samuel 16:20

Plain English Version

So Absalom said to that wise man, Ahithofel, “All right, tell us, what do we do first?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:19

This is the best way for me now. I will work for you, just like I worked for your father.” And Absalom believed him.

2 Samuel 16:21

He answered, “10 of your father’s wives stayed behind to look after the house. You have to sleep with them, as if you are married to them. If you do that, you will make your father ashamed, and he will hate you properly. Then everybody will know that you are the big boss in his house now. Everybody will hear that you were really brave, and that you did it in the open. Then they will follow you.”