2 Samuel 16:22
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22So they put up a tent for Absalom on the roof n of the palace where everyone in Israel could see it. And Absalom had sexual relations with his father’s slave women.
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- nroof In Bible times houses were built with flat roofs. The roof was used for drying things such as flax and fruit. And it was used as an extra room, as a place for worship, and as a cool place to sleep in the summer.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof. And Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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NLTNew Living Translation
So they set up a tent on the palace roof where everyone could see it, and Absalom went in and had sex with his father’s concubines.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Then they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he went in to the concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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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