22So 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

19 And again, whom should I serve?'should I not'serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then will 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 gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

2 Samuel 16:22 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:22So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he lay with his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:22So 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:22So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and he went in to his father's concubines before all Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:22So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:22So 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:22So 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:22So 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:22And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:22So 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.