2 Samuel 16:22

16:22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, ¹  and Absalom had sex with ²  his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

2 Samuel 6:17

6:17 They brought the ark of the Lord and put it in its place ³  in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the Lord.

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.”

³ tc The Syriac Peshitta lacks “in its place.”