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21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s [a]concubines, whom he has left behind to take care of the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened [by your boldness and audacity].” 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof [of the king’s palace], and [b]Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 16:21 See note Gen 22:24.
  2. 2 Samuel 16:22 This outrageous act was an assumption of absolute power, and signified an irreversible break in Absalom’s relationship with his father. Nathan the prophet had prophesied that David would be publicly humiliated in this way.

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