“Thus says Adonai: Behold, I am going to raise up evil against you from your own household, and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
2 Samuel 15:16 - Tree of Life Version So the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But the king 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. |
“Thus says Adonai: Behold, I am going to raise up evil against you from your own household, and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
Then the king’s officials said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever our lord the king chooses.”
As the king went out and all the people after him, they paused at the last house.
All the people throughout all the tribes of Israel were at strife saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and he saved us from the hand of the Philistines. Yet now he had to flee from the land because of Absalom,
Now when David arrived at his palace in Jerusalem, the king took the ten women, the concubines whom he had left to take care of the palace, and put them in a guarded house. He provided for them but he did not cohabit with them. So they were confined until the day they died, living in widowhood.
Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Then Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh, and 10,000 men marched up after him, and Deborah went up with him.
Now let this blessing, which your maidservant has brought to my lord, be given to the young men who are accompanying my lord.
Then Abigail rose quickly and mounted a donkey, with five of her maidens following her, following David’s messengers, and she became his wife.