¹⁶ So the king went out, and all his household after him. And the king left ^(A)ten concubines to keep the house.

²¹ Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to ^(A)your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and ^(B)the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.” ²² So they pitched a tent for Absalom ^(C)on the roof. And Absalom went in to his father's concubines ^(D)in the sight of all Israel.