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2 Samuel 20:3

King James Version (KJV)

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And 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 ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

2 Samuel 20:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 20:3

Theological / Devotional

Living in widowhood. The tragic fate of David’s ten concubines was obviously the result of Absalom’s shameful deed carried out at the suggestion of Ahithophel (ch. 16:21). The women would continue to be housed and fed as long as they lived, but to all intents and purposes their husband was dead to them.

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