2 Samuel 20:3

וַיָּבֹא דָוִד אֶל ־ בֵּיתוֹ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם וַיִּקַּח הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵת עֶֽשֶׂר ־ נָשִׁים ׀ פִּלַגְשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הִנִּיחַ לִשְׁמֹר הַבַּיִת וַֽיִּתְּנֵם בֵּית ־ מִשְׁמֶרֶת וַֽיְכַלְכְּלֵם וַאֲלֵיהֶם לֹא ־ בָא וַתִּהְיֶינָה צְרֻרוֹת עַד ־ יוֹם מֻתָן אַלְמְנוּת חַיּֽוּת ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2וַיַּעַל כָּל ־ אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאַחֲרֵי דָוִד אַחֲרֵי שֶׁבַע בֶּן ־ בִּכְרִי וְאִישׁ יְהוּדָה דָּבְקוּ בְמַלְכָּם מִן ־ הַיַּרְדֵּן וְעַד ־ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם ׃

4וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל ־ עֲמָשָׂא הַזְעֶק ־ לִי אֶת ־ אִישׁ ־ יְהוּדָה שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים וְאַתָּה פֹּה עֲמֹֽד ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 40:3וַיִּתֵּן אֹתָם בְּמִשְׁמַר בֵּית שַׂר הַטַבָּחִים אֶל ־ בֵּית הַסֹּהַר מְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יוֹסֵף אָסוּר שָֽׁם ׃

2 Samuel 16:21וַיֹּאמֶר אֲחִיתֹפֶל אֶל ־ אַבְשָׁלֹם בּוֹא אֶל ־ פִּלַגְשֵׁי אָבִיךָ אֲשֶׁר הִנִּיחַ לִשְׁמוֹר הַבָּיִת וְשָׁמַע כָּל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּֽי ־ נִבְאַשְׁתָּ אֶת ־ אָבִיךָ וְחָזְקוּ יְדֵי כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר אִתָּֽךְ ׃

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 20:2-4

Sheba's Rebellion. ( b. c. 1023.) 1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. 2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women… Read the whole commentary →

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