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And Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom had relations with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father&#8217s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof [of the king’s palace], and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father&#8217s concubines in the sight of all Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Absalom had a tent set up on the flat roof of the palace, and everyone watched as he went into the tent with his father's wives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So a tent was put up on the roof for Absalom, and he slept with his father's concubines in plain sight of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_samuel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So they set up a tent for Absalom on the palace roof, and in the sight of everyone Absalom went in and had intercourse with his father's concubines. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So they erected a tent for Absalom on the palace roof and Absalom went in and had sex with his father's mistresses right in front of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father?s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom had sex with his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So they set up a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father's secondary wives in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they spread out the tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom goes in to the concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they spread out for Absalom the tent on the roof, and Absalom goeth in unto the concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will stretch out a tent for Absalom upon the roof, and Absalom will go in to his father's concubines before the eyes of all Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and he went in to his father's concubines before all Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, they spread a tent for Absalom on the rooftop. And he entered to the concubines of his father in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So a tent was pitched on the roof for Absalom, and Absalom went to his father’s concubines in view of all Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they pitched for Abishlum a tent on the roof, and Abishlum entered into the Concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they pitched a tent for Abessalom on the roof, and Abessalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/16-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=4714" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/16.htm">The Counsel of Ahithophel and Hushai</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.” <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: way·yaṭ·ṭū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">So they pitched</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: hā·’ō·hel (Art:: N-ms) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">a tent</a> <a href="/hebrew/53.htm" title="53: lə·’aḇ·šā·lō·wm (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Or babshalowm; from 'ab and shalowm; father of peace; Abshalom, a son of David; also a later Israelite.">for Absalom</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1406.htm" title="1406: hag·gāḡ (Art:: N-ms) -- A roof, a top. Probably by reduplication from ga'ah; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar.">the roof,</a> <a href="/hebrew/53.htm" title="53: ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm (N-proper-ms) -- Or babshalowm; from 'ab and shalowm; father of peace; Abshalom, a son of David; also a later Israelite.">and he</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">slept with</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇîw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">his father’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/6370.htm" title="6370: pi·laḡ·šê (N-fpc) -- Concubine. Or pilegesh; of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also a paramour.">concubines</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: lə·‘ê·nê (Prep-l:: N-cdc) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">in the sight</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/12-11.htm">2 Samuel 12:11-12</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight. / You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-22.htm">1 Kings 2:22</a></span><br />King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/1-5.htm">1 Kings 1:5-6</a></span><br />At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him. / (His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-4.htm">1 Kings 11:4</a></span><br />For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/15-5.htm">1 Kings 15:5</a></span><br />For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/15-16.htm">2 Samuel 15:16</a></span><br />Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/20-3.htm">2 Samuel 20:3</a></span><br />When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-8.htm">Leviticus 18:8</a></span><br />You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Deuteronomy 22:30</a></span><br />A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-20.htm">Deuteronomy 27:20</a></span><br />‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-22.htm">Genesis 35:22</a></span><br />While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-4.htm">Genesis 49:4</a></span><br />Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-1.htm">1 Corinthians 5:1</a></span><br />It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-6.htm">Matthew 1:6</a></span><br />and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24-28</a></span><br />Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. / For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.</p><p class="hdg">the top</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm">2 Samuel 11:2</a></b></br> And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman <i>was</i> very beautiful to look upon.</p><p class="hdg">went in</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/12-11.htm">2 Samuel 12:11,12</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give <i>them</i> unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/15-16.htm">2 Samuel 15:16</a></b></br> And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, <i>which were</i> concubines, to keep the house.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/20-3.htm">2 Samuel 20:3</a></b></br> And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women <i>his</i> concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/16-21.htm">Absalom</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-21.htm">Ab'salom</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-21.htm">Concubines</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-21.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-21.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-21.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-33.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-17.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm">Roof</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-4.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-17.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-6.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-1.htm">Top</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-16.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/16-23.htm">Absalom</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-23.htm">Ab'salom</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-5.htm">Concubines</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-28.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-18.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-32.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-26.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-24.htm">Roof</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-4.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-19.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-17.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-19.htm">Top</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-35.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-1.htm">Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtains his master's inheritance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-5.htm">At Bahurim, Shimei curses David</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-9.htm">David with patience abstains, and restrains others, from revenge</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-15.htm">Hushai insinuates himself into Absalom's counsel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-20.htm">Ahithophel's counsel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_samuel/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof</b><br>This phrase indicates a deliberate and public act. The roof of the palace was a significant location, as it was the same place where David had first seen Bathsheba (<a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm">2 Samuel 11:2</a>). The act of pitching a tent on the roof symbolizes a bold and defiant move by Absalom, asserting his claim to the throne. In ancient Near Eastern culture, taking over a king's harem was a declaration of kingship and power. This act was advised by Ahithophel, David's former counselor, as a way to strengthen Absalom's claim and to show a complete break with his father (<a href="/2_samuel/16-21.htm">2 Samuel 16:21</a>).<p><b>and he slept with his father’s concubines</b><br>This action fulfilled Nathan's prophecy to David after his sin with Bathsheba, where God declared that He would raise up evil against David from his own house and that his wives would be given to his neighbor (<a href="/2_samuel/12-11.htm">2 Samuel 12:11-12</a>). The act of sleeping with the king's concubines was a grave sin and a public humiliation for David. It was a cultural practice in the ancient world for a successor to assert dominance by taking over the previous king's harem, thus symbolizing the transfer of power and authority.<p><b>in the sight of all Israel</b><br>The public nature of this act was intended to solidify Absalom's position as king in the eyes of the people. It was a demonstration of his power and a statement that he had taken over his father's position. This act was not done in secret but was meant to be a public spectacle, further alienating David and rallying support for Absalom. The phrase underscores the shame and dishonor brought upon David, fulfilling the consequences of his earlier sins. This event also highlights the theme of public versus private sin and the repercussions that follow, a recurring theme in the narrative of David's life.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/absalom.htm">Absalom</a></b><br>The son of King David who rebelled against his father, seeking to usurp the throne of Israel. His actions in this verse are a demonstration of his defiance and claim to kingship.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The King of Israel and father of Absalom. At this point in the account, David is in retreat from Jerusalem due to Absalom's rebellion.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/concubines.htm">Concubines</a></b><br>The women who were part of King David's household. Absalom's act of sleeping with them was a public declaration of his claim to his father's throne.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/roof.htm">Roof</a></b><br>The location where Absalom's act took place. This is significant as it was a public and visible place, symbolizing the open challenge to David's authority.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation witnessing Absalom's actions, representing the public nature of his rebellion and the impact on the entire kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>David's past sins had repercussions that affected his family and kingdom. Our actions can have long-lasting impacts on those around us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/rebellion_against_authority.htm">Rebellion Against Authority</a></b><br>Absalom's actions serve as a warning against rebellion and the importance of respecting God-ordained authority.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/public_vs._private_sin.htm">Public vs. Private Sin</a></b><br>The public nature of Absalom's sin highlights the danger of sin that is not only personal but also affects the community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">Fulfillment of Prophecy</a></b><br>God's word through the prophets is fulfilled, demonstrating His sovereignty and the certainty of His promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Despite the rebellion and sin, there is always an opportunity for repentance and seeking God's forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_absalom's_actions.htm">(2 Samuel 16:15-22) How can an all-powerful God allow Absalom's public seizure of David's concubines, seemingly without immediate judgment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_adonijah's_death_justified.htm">If 1 Kings 2:13-25 shows Adonijah requesting Abishag only as a bride, why is his death seen as justifiable, and does this conflict with any moral standards presented in earlier biblical texts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_abner's_act_with_saul's_concubine_true.htm">2 Samuel 3:7: Is Abner's alleged misconduct with Saul's concubine historically plausible or just political slander?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_many_wives_did_king_david_have.htm">How many wives did King David have?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">A tent upon the top of the house.</span>--Nathan had foretold that the nature of David's public punishment should correspond to the character of his secret crime. The fact that this punishment takes place on the very roof where David had first yielded to his guilty passion makes it particularly striking.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A tent;</span> Hebrew, <span class="accented">the tent</span>; that constantly used by David and his family for the enjoyment of the cool evening breeze, and which the citizens of Jerusalem had frequently seen erected on the flat roof of David's house. It was when walking on this roof that David had given way to guilty passion, and now it is the scene of his dishonour. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/16-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So they pitched</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּטּ֧וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaṭ·ṭū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a tent</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֹ֖הֶל</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ō·hel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for Absalom</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאַבְשָׁל֛וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’aḇ·šā·lō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_53.htm">Strong's 53: </a> </span><span class="str2">Absalom -- 'my father is peace', two Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the roof,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגָּ֑ג</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gāḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1406.htm">Strong's 1406: </a> </span><span class="str2">A roof, the top of an altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and he</span><br /><span class="heb">אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’aḇ·šā·lō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_53.htm">Strong's 53: </a> </span><span class="str2">Absalom -- 'my father is peace', two Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">slept with</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his father’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇîw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">concubines</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּֽלַגְשֵׁ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(pi·laḡ·šê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6370.htm">Strong's 6370: </a> </span><span class="str2">A concubine, a paramour</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the sight</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעֵינֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘ê·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - cdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/16-22.htm">2 Samuel 16:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/16-22.htm">2 Samuel 16:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/16-22.htm">2 Samuel 16:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/16-22.htm">2 Samuel 16:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/16-22.htm">2 Samuel 16:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/16-22.htm">2 Samuel 16:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/16-22.htm">2 Samuel 16:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/16-22.htm">2 Samuel 16:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/16-22.htm">2 Samuel 16:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/16-22.htm">2 Samuel 16:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/16-22.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/16-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 16:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 16:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/16-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 16:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 16:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>