2 Samuel 20:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ David returned to his palace in Jerusalem. He had left ten concubines there to take care of the palace. He put them in a house and kept them under guard. He gave them what they needed. But he didn’t sleep with them. They were kept under guard until the day they died. They lived as if they were widows.

⁴ The king said to Amasa, “Send for the men of Judah. Tell them to come to me within three days. And be here yourself.” ⁵ So Amasa went to get the men of Judah. But he took longer than the time the king had set for him.