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2 Samuel 15:16

14 And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”

15 The king’s servants replied, “Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants.”

Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.

17 So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,

18 and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.

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BSB
Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.
KJV
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
WEB
The king went out, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
ASV
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, that were concubines, to keep the house.
DARBY
And the king went forth, and all his household after him, and the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house.
BLB
And the king went out, and all his household at his feet, and the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house.
ÅB
Så tok kongen ut, og hele hans hus fulgte ham; bare ti medhustruer lot kongen bli tilbake for å ta vare på huset.
OTB
Så dro kongen ut, og hele hans husstand med ham. Men kongen lot ti medhustruer bli igjen for å ta vare på huset.
B1930
Så tok kongen ut, og hele hans hus fulgte ham; bare ti medhustruer lot kongen bli tilbake for å ta vare på huset.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 16:21–22

    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.”

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  • 2 Samuel 20:3

    When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for 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.

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  • Psalms 3:1

    O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

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  • Romans 12:2

    Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:27

    Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:11

    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.

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  • Judges 4:10

    where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:42

    So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

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