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2 Samuel 20:3

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

KJV

Cumque venisset rex in domum suam in Jerusalem, tulit decem mulieres concubinas quas dereliquerat ad custodiendam domum, et tradidit eas in custodiam, alimenta eis præbens : et non est ingressus ad eas, sed erant clausæ usque in diem mortis suæ in viduitate viventes.

Vulgate

Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Δαυεὶδ εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ· καὶ ἔλαβεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὰς δέκα γυναῖκας τὰς παλλακὰς αὐτοῦ, ἃς ἀφῆκεν φυλάσσειν τὸν οἶκον, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὰς ἐν οἴκῳ φυλακῆς, καὶ διέθρεψεν αὐτὰς καὶ πρὸς αὐτὰς οὐκ εἰσῆλθεν, καὶ ἦσαν συνεχόμεναι ἕως ἡμέρας θανάτου αὐτῶν, χῆραι ζῶσαι.

LXX

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹ֨א דָוִ֣ד אֶל בֵּית/וֹ֮ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒ וַ/יִּקַּ֣ח הַ/מֶּ֡לֶךְ אֵ֣ת עֶֽשֶׂר נָשִׁ֣ים פִּלַגְשִׁ֡ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִנִּיחַ֩ לִ/שְׁמֹ֨ר הַ/בַּ֜יִת וַֽ/יִּתְּנֵ֤/ם בֵּית מִשְׁמֶ֨רֶת֙ וַֽ/יְכַלְכְּלֵ֔/ם וַ/אֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם לֹא בָ֑א וַ/תִּהְיֶ֧ינָה צְרֻר֛וֹת עַד י֥וֹם מֻתָ֖/ן אַלְמְנ֥וּת חַיּֽוּת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

25 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
הּ
h
noun · 4×
הוּ
hv
verb · 73×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 157×
וֹ
v
noun · 37×
חַיּֽוּת
chyvt
noun · 1×
י
y
verb · 53×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ךָ
k
verb · 37×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת
mshmrt
noun · 77×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עֶ֣שֶׂר
'shr
adjective · 174×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 15:16 — And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
  • 2Sam 15:16 — And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
  • 2Sam 16:21 — And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all
  • 2Sam 16:21 — And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all
  • 2Sam 16:22 — So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
  • Gen 35:22 — And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
  • Ps 30:1 — I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.