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2 Samuel 15:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The king went out, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house. "

2 Samuel 15:16

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14 David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise! Let’s flee, or else none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

15 The king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”

16 The king went out, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.

17 The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.

18 All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

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2 Samuel 20:3

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"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 custody and provided them with sustenance, but didn’t go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood."

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2 Samuel 18:4

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"The king said to them, “I will do what seems best to you.” The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands."

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1 Kings 11:3

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"He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. His wives turned his heart away."

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2 Kings 11:19

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"He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the LORD’s house, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. He sat on the throne of the kings."

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2 Chronicles 23:7

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"The Levites shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand. Whoever comes into the house, let him be slain. Be with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.”"

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2 Chronicles 23:10

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"He set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, near the altar and the house, around the king."

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2 Samuel 15:1

"After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him."

2 Samuel 15:2

"Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. When any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, “What city are you from?” He said, “Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.”"

2 Samuel 15:3

"Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”"

2 Samuel 15:4

"Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”"

2 Samuel 15:5

"It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him."

2 Samuel 15:6

"Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel."

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