2-samuel 16:22
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American King James Version (AKJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.
Webster's Revision
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.
World English Bible
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
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.
Wesley's 2-samuel 16:22 Bible Commentary
16:22 The top — Of the king's palace, the very place from whence David had gazed upon Bathsheba, chap. 11:2, so that his sin was legible in the very place of his punishment.
Went in — To one, or some of them. And by so doing did farther make claim to the kingdom; and, as it were, take possession of it. It being usual in the eastern countries to account the wives and concubines of the late king, to belong of right to the successor.
Israel — Who saw him go into the tent; and thence concluded, that he lay with them, as he had designed to do. God had threatened by Nathan, that for his defiling Bathsheba, David's own wives should be defiled in the face of the sun. This is now fulfilled: the Lord is righteous; and no word of his shall fall to the ground.
