2 Samuel 16:22
2 Samuel · Old Testament · Chapter 16
“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.”2 Samuel 16:22
What Does 2 Samuel 16:22 Mean?
2 Samuel 16:22 is found in the book of 2 Samuel, chapter 16, verse 22 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (15)
These passages are connected to 2 Samuel 16:22 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Samuel 12:11“Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.”2 Samuel 12:12“For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.”2 Samuel 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.”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.”Genesis 38:26“And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.”Numbers 25:6“And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”Deuteronomy 27:20“Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.”Judges 19:1“And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.”2 Samuel 11:2“And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.”Isaiah 3:9“The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.”Jeremiah 3:3“Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.”Jeremiah 8:12“Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.”Ezekiel 24:7“For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;”1 Corinthians 5:1“It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.”Philippians 3:19“Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)”
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