¹⁶ The king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left ten concubines^(A) to take care of the palace.

²² So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.^(A)

³ When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines^(A) he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them but had no sexual relations with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows.