2 Samuel 16:21-23

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²¹ Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Sleep with your father’s concubines he left to take care of the palace.^(A) When all Israel hears that you have become repulsive to your father, everyone with you will be encouraged.” ²² So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.^(B)

²³ Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone asking about a word from God^(C)—such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.