2 Samuel 20:3 meaning and explanation
When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
2 Samuel 20:3, Berean Standard Bible
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David has just returned to Jerusalem after Absalom's rebellion, and these ten women are the concubines he left behind to keep the palace. Absalom had publicly taken them on the roof, so their status was now tangled with the revolt.
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