¹⁶ The king set out with everyone in his house, but he left ten ·slave women [^Lconcubines; ^Csecondary wives; 3:7] to take care of the palace.

²² So they put up a tent for Absalom on the roof [^Cthe flat roofs of Israelite houses were used for living space] of ·his palace [^Lthe king’s house] where everyone in Israel could see it. And Absalom ·had sexual relations with [slept with; ^Lwent in to] his father’s ·slave women [concubines].

⁵ Joab went into the king’s house and said, “Today you have ·shamed [humiliated] all your men. They ·saved [rescued; ^Tdelivered] your life and the lives of your sons, daughters, wives, and ·slave women [^Lconcubines; ^Csecondary wives; 3:7].