2 Samuel 16:20-23

New American Standard Bible

²⁰ Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your advice. What should we do?” ²¹ Ahithophel said to Absalom, “^(A)Have relations with your father’s concubines, whom he has left behind to take care of the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself repulsive to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.” ²² So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, ^(B)and Absalom had relations with his father’s concubines ^(C)in the sight of all Israel. ²³ Now ^(D)the advice of Ahithophel, which he ^[a]gave in those days, was taken as though one inquired of the word of God; ^(E)so was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom.