2 Samuel 15:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 2 Sam 16:21-22 : 21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that you are abhorred by your father: then shall the hands of all who are with you be strong. 22 So 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.
  • 2 Sam 20:3 : 3 And David returned to his house in Jerusalem, and the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to keep the house and put them in confinement. He provided for them but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as widows.
  • Ps 3:1 : 1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me.
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And do not be conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
  • Judg 4:10 : 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet, and Deborah went up with him.
  • 1 Sam 25:27 : 27 And now this blessing, which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
  • 1 Sam 25:42 : 42 And Abigail hurried and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five maids accompanying her; so she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.
  • 2 Sam 12:11 : 11 Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

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    17And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and stayed in a place that was far off.

    18And all 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.

  • 2 Sam 20:2-3
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    2So all the men of Israel left David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri, but the men of Judah stayed loyal to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

    3And David returned to his house in Jerusalem, and the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to keep the house and put them in confinement. He provided for them but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as widows.

  • 2 Sam 15:15
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    15And the king's servants said to the king, Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall appoint.

  • Esth 2:13-14
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    13Then thus came every maiden to the king; whatever she desired was given to her to go with her from the house of the women to the king's house.

    14In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, under the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines: she came to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.

  • 2 Sam 13:17
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    17Then he called his servant who attended him, and said, Put this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

  • 2 Sam 14:8
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    8And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.

  • 1 Kgs 3:16-17
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    16Then two women, who were harlots, came to the king and stood before him.

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  • 1 Kgs 11:3
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    3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    13And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.

  • 2 Chr 12:11
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    11And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them and brought them back into the guard chamber.

  • 2 Kgs 24:14-15
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    14And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths; none remained except the poorest people of the land.

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  • Zech 12:14
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    14All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

  • 2 Sam 16:21-22
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    21And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that you are abhorred by your father: then shall the hands of all who are with you be strong.

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 14:28
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    28And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard carried them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

  • Song 6:8
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  • Esth 2:2
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  • 2 Sam 11:9
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    9But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:15
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  • 2 Chr 21:17
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  • Judg 19:2
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  • 2 Sam 14:13
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    13And the woman said, Why then have you thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king speaks this thing as one who is at fault, in that the king does not bring home again his banished.

  • 2 Chr 8:15
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    15And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

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  • 2 Sam 19:17
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    17And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over the Jordan before the king.

  • 2 Sam 13:27
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  • Judg 19:10
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  • Esth 1:10
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