Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house .... So 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. 16:21

Trivia: Who gave Saul's wives to David?

2 Samuel : Interpretation (5)

  1. "Behold, it is written in the book of Jasher." 1:18
  2. David loved Jonathan more than women. (And he loved a lot of women a lot!) 1:26
  3. "And David danced before the LORD." 6:14
  4. 12:7
  5. "He ... put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln." David tortured or enslaved (depending on translation) all the inhabitants of several cities. 12:31

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