2 Samuel 15:16
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And the king went forth, and all his household on foot: and the king left ten women his concubines to keep the house:

the king

Psalm 3:1 The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom. [2] Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.

after him [heb] at his feet

Judges 4:10 And he called unto him Zabulon and Nephthali, and went up with ten thousand fighting men, having Debbora in his company.

1 Samuel 25:27,42 Wherefore receive this blessing, which thy handmaid hath brought to thee, my lord: and give it to the young men that follow thee, my lord. . . .

ten women

2 Samuel 12:11 Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thy own house, and I will take thy wives before thy eyes and give them to thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

2 Samuel 16:21,22 And Achitophel said to Absalom: Go in to the concubines of thy father, whom he hath left to keep the house: that when all Israel shall hear that thou hast disgraced thy father, their hands may be strengthened with thee. . . .

2 Samuel 20:3 And when the king was come into his house at Jerusalem, he took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them inward, allowing them provisions: and he went not in unto them, but they were shut up unto the day of their death living in widowhood.

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be reformed in the newness of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and the acceptable and the perfect will of God.

Context
David Flees Jerusalem
15And the king's servants said to him: Whatsoever our lord the king shall command, we thy servants will willingly execute. 16And the king went forth, and all his household on foot: and the king left ten women his concubines to keep the house:17And the king going forth and all Israel on foot, stood afar off from the house:…
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:15
And the king's servants said to him: Whatsoever our lord the king shall command, we thy servants will willingly execute.

2 Samuel 15:17
And the king going forth and all Israel on foot, stood afar off from the house:

2 Samuel 16:21
And Achitophel said to Absalom: Go in to the concubines of thy father, whom he hath left to keep the house: that when all Israel shall hear that thou hast disgraced thy father, their hands may be strengthened with thee.

2 Samuel 16:22
So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and he went in to his father's concubines before all Israel.

2 Samuel 20:3
And when the king was come into his house at Jerusalem, he took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them inward, allowing them provisions: and he went not in unto them, but they were shut up unto the day of their death living in widowhood.

Lexicon
Then the king
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

set out,
וַיֵּצֵ֥א (way·yê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

and his entire
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

household
בֵּית֖וֹ (bê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

followed him.
בְּרַגְלָ֑יו (bə·raḡ·lāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

But he
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

left behind
וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב (way·ya·‘ă·zōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

ten
עֶ֧שֶׂר (‘e·śer)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

concubines
פִּֽלַגְשִׁ֖ים (pi·laḡ·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6370: A concubine, a paramour

to take care of
לִשְׁמֹ֥ר (liš·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

the palace.
הַבָּֽיִת׃ (hab·bā·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house


Additional Translations
Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, that were concubines, to keep the house.

And the king and all his house went out on foot: and the king left ten women of his concubines to keep the house.

And the king went forth, and all his household after him, and the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house.

And the king went forth, and all his household after him, And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women who were concubines to keep the house.

The king went forth, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.

And the king goeth out, and all his household at his feet, and the king leaveth ten women -- concubines -- to keep the house.
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