‘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 15:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king went forth, and all his household on foot. And the king left ten women his concubines to keep the house. |
‘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.
The king’s servants said to the king, ‘Whatever my lord the king decides, we are your servants.’
So the king set out, and all the people followed him. They stopped at the last house
But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king? ’
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.
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.
Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
Let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.
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.