3And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his 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.
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And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong. …
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)David, in the midst of his triumphs, has here the affliction to see his kingdom disturbed and his family disgraced. I. His subjects revolting from him at the instigation of a man of Belial , whom they followed when they forsook the man after God’s own heart . Observe, 1. That this happened immediately upon the crushing of Absalom’s rebellion. We must not think it strange, while we are in this worl…
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