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


In Context

19 Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should I not serve the son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you."

20 Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your advice. What should we do?"

21 Ahithophel answered, "Lie with your father's concubines whom he left to take care of the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench in your father's nostrils, and the hands of everyone with you will be strengthened."

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

23 Now in those days the advice Ahithophel gave was like that of one who inquires of God. That was how both David and Absalom regarded all of Ahithophel's advice.

2nd Samuel 16:22 in Other Translations

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 American Standard 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 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.