2 Samuel 5:13
Context5:13 David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.
2 Samuel 15:16
Context15:16 So the king and all the members of his royal court 1 set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines 2 to attend to the palace.
2 Samuel 16:22
Context16:22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, 3 and Absalom had sex with 4 his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.


[15:16] 1 tn Heb “and all his house.”
[15:16] 2 tn Heb “women, concubines.”
[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.”