³ And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to care for the house, and put them in a house under guard, and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as if in widowhood.

⁴ Then the king said to Ama′sa, “Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.” ⁵ So Ama′sa went to summon Judah; but he delayed beyond the set time which had been appointed him.