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2 Samuel 16:21-23
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2 Samuel 16:21-23
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21 Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Sleep with[a] your father’s concubines whom he left to care for the palace. All Israel will hear that you have made yourself repulsive to your father. Then your followers will be motivated to support you.”[b] 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof,[c] and Absalom slept with[d] his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
23 In those days Ahithophel’s advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation.[e] Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel.[f]
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- 2 Samuel 16:21 tn Heb “approach,” The verb בּוֹא (boʾ) with the preposition אֶל (ʾel) means “come to” or “approach,” but is also used as a euphemism for sexual relations.
- 2 Samuel 16:21 tn Heb “and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
- 2 Samuel 16:22 sn That is, on top of the flat roof of the palace, so it would be visible to the public.
- 2 Samuel 16:22 tn Heb “approached.” See note at v. 21.
- 2 Samuel 16:23 tn Heb “And the advice of Ahithophel which he advised in those days was as when one inquires of the word of God.”
- 2 Samuel 16:23 tn Heb “So was all the advice of Ahithophel, also to David, also to Absalom.”
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