2nd Samuel Chapter 16 verse 22 Holy Bible
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.
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So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.
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So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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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.
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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.
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So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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And they spread out for Absalom the tent on the roof, and Absalom goeth in unto the concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - A tent; Hebrew, the tent; that constantly used by David and his family for the enjoyment of the cool evening breeze, and which the citizens of Jerusalem had frequently seen erected on the flat roof of David's house. It was when walking on this roof that David had given way to guilty passion, and now it is the scene of his dishonour.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) A tent upon the top of the house.--Nathan had foretold that the nature of David's public punishment should correspond to the character of his secret crime. The fact that this punishment takes place on the very roof where David had first yielded to his guilty passion makes it particularly striking.