2 Samuel 16:22
Context16:22 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 11:2
Context11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. 3 From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive. 4
[16:22] 1 sn That is, on top of the flat roof of the palace, so it would be visible to the public.
[16:22] 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.”
[11:2] 3 tn Heb “on the roof of the house of the king.” So also in vv. 8, 9.
[11:2] 4 tn The disjunctive clause highlights this observation and builds the tension of the story.





