2 Samuel 16:22

22 Entonces levantaron una carpa en la azotea del palacio para que todos pudieran verla, y Absalón entró y tuvo sexo con las concubinas de su padre.

2 Samuel 16:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 16:22

So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house
On the top of his father's palace; this, as houses in Jerusalem and Judea were, was built flat, ( Deuteronomy 22:8 ) ; and it was on the very spot from whence David had a sight of Bathsheba, and conceived an impure lust after her. The Targum renders it, a canopy; which Kimchi describes as consisting of four pillars, upon and round about which curtains were hung:

and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all
Israel;
they saw the tent or canopy erected, and saw him go into it, and might reasonably conclude he lay with his father's concubines, or half wives, in it; and this being done in so public a manner fulfilled the prophecy, which said it should be done in the sight of the sun, and of all Israel, ( 2 Samuel 12:11 2 Samuel 12:12 ) ; this shows how corrupt the people of Israel were at this time, at least those that were with Absalom, that there should be none to object to the counsel Ahithophel gave, nor any to remonstrate against the execution of it, but all seemed to look upon it with pleasure; nor even did Hushai, David's friend, oppose it; perhaps he saw it was to no purpose.

2 Samuel 16:22 In-Context

20 Después Absalón se volvió a Ahitofel y le preguntó:
—¿Qué debo hacer ahora?

21 —Ve y acuéstate con las concubinas de tu padre —contestó Ahitofel—, porque él las dejó aquí para que cuidaran el palacio. Entonces todo Israel sabrá que has insultado a tu padre más allá de toda esperanza de reconciliación, y el pueblo te dará su apoyo.

22 Entonces levantaron una carpa en la azotea del palacio para que todos pudieran verla, y Absalón entró y tuvo sexo con las concubinas de su padre.

23 Absalón siguió el consejo de Ahitofel, tal como lo había hecho David, porque cada palabra que decía Ahitofel parecía tan sabia como si hubiera salido directamente de la boca de Dios.