2 Samuel 16:21 meaning and explanation
Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
2 Samuel 16:21, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Ahithophel is speaking to Absalom, who has just seized Jerusalem from his fleeing father David. His advice is strategic, not moral: taking David's concubines was a public claim to the throne, since a new king inheriting the royal household signaled that the old king would never return.
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