2 Samuel 16:20-22

Absalom Enters Jerusalem

²⁰ Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel. What shall we do?" ²¹ Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to _l your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and _m the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened." ²² So they pitched a tent for Absalom _n on the roof. And Absalom went in to his father's concubines _o in the sight of all Israel.

1. Cross References
   2 Samuel 15:16
   So the king went out, and all his household after him. And the king left ten concubines to keep the house.
   2 Samuel 20:3
   And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to care for the house and put them in a house under guard and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as if in widowhood.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Samuel 2:7
   Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.
   Zechariah 8:9
   Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets who were present on the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
   Zechariah 8:13
   And as you have been a byword of cursing among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Samuel 9:25
   And when they came down from the high place into the city, a bed was spread for Saul on the roof, and he lay down to sleep.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Samuel 12:11 - 12
   Thus says the Lord, 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.