2 Samuel 16:21-23

Amplified Bible

²¹ Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s ^[a]concubines, whom he has left behind to take care of the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened [by your boldness and audacity].” ²² So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof [of the king’s palace], and ^[b]Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.^{(A) 23} The advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man had consulted the word of God; that is how all Ahithophel’s counsel was regarded by both David and Absalom.