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2 Samuel 15:16

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

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2 Samuel 15:16 in other translations

And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, that were concubines, to keep the house.

2 Samuel 15:16 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 15:16 in context

  1. 14David 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.”
  2. 15The king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”
  3. 16The king went out, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
  4. 17The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.
  5. 18All 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.