2 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Then David went to his palace ¹  in Jerusalem. The king took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace and placed them under confinement. ²  Though he provided for their needs, he did not have sexual relations with them. ³  They remained in confinement until the day they died, living out the rest of their lives as widows.

2 Samuel 21:10

21:10 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on them, ⁴  she did not allow the birds of the air to feed ⁵  on them by day, nor the wild animals ⁶  by night.

2 Samuel 23:10

23:10 he stood his ground ⁷  and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it ⁸  seemed stuck to his sword. The Lord gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.

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¹ tn Heb “house.”

² tn Heb “and he placed them in a guarded house.”

³ tn Heb “he did not come to them”; NAB “has no further relations with them”; NIV “did not lie with them”; TEV “did not have intercourse with them”; NLT “would no longer sleep with them.”

⁴ tn Heb “until water was poured on them from the sky.”

⁵ tn Heb “rest.”

⁶ tn Heb “the beasts of the field.”

⁷ tn Heb “arose.”

⁸ tn Heb “his hand.”