2 Samuel 16:22-23

Expanded Bible

²² So they put up a tent for Absalom on the roof [^Cthe flat roofs of Israelite houses were used for living space] of ·his palace [^Lthe king’s house] where everyone in Israel could see it. And Absalom ·had sexual relations with [slept with; ^Lwent in to] his father’s ·slave women [concubines].

²³ At that time people thought Ahithophel’s advice was as ·reliable as God’s own word [^Lif one consulted a word/message/oracle from God]. Both David and Absalom thought ·it was that reliable [so].