Text -- 2 Samuel 16:22-23 (NET)

16:22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom had sex with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel. 16:23 In those days Ahithophel’s advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Sa 16:22

¹ sn That is, on top of the flat roof of the palace, so it would be visible to the public.

² tn Heb “went to”; NAB “he visited his father’s concubines”; NIV “lay with his father’s concubines”; TEV “went in and had intercourse with.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 16:23

¹ tn Heb “And the advice of Ahithophel which he advised in those days was as when one inquires of the word of God.”

² tn Heb “So was all the advice of Ahithophel, also to David, also to Absalom.”