2 Samuel 16:21 References

21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, "aGo in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened."

a 2 Samuel 15:16, 2 Samuel 20:3


2 Samuel 15

16 So the king went out and all his household with him. But athe king left ten concubines to keep the house.

2 Samuel 20

3 Then David came to his house at Jerusalem, and athe king took the ten women, the concubines whom he had left to keep the house, and placed them under guard and provided them with sustenance, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as widows.