2 Samuel 16:22
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
21 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.
22 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.
23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
2 Samuel 16:22 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.