2 Samuel 20:3
When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
BSB
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ASV
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 provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
KJV
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.
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Commentary
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29 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֨א | vai.ya.Vo' | and he came | H935 → |
| דָוִ֣ד | da.Vid | David | H1732 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| בֵּיתוֹ֮ | bei.To | house his | H1004 → |
| יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒ | ye.ru.sha.Lim | Jerusalem | H3389 → |
| וַיִּקַּ֣ח | vai.yi.Kach | and he took | H3947 → |
| הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| אֵ֣ת | 'et | <obj.> | H853 → |
| עֶֽשֶׂר־ | 'e.ser- | [the] ten | H6235 → |
| נָשִׁ֣ים׀ | na.Shim | women | H802 → |
| פִּלַגְשִׁ֡ים | pi.lag.Shim | concubines | H6370 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | whom | H834 → |
| הִנִּיחַ֩ | hi.ni.aCh | he had left | H5117 → |
| לִשְׁמֹ֨ר | lish.Mor | to keep | H8104 → |
| הַבַּ֜יִת | ha.Ba.yit | the house | H1004 → |
| וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֤ם | vai.yi.te.Nem | and he put them | H5414 → |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | a house of | H1004 → |
| מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙ | mish.Me.ret | confinement | H4931 → |
| וַֽיְכַלְכְּלֵ֔ם | vay.khal.ke.Lem | and he sustained them | H3557 → |
| וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | va.'a.lei.Hem | and into them | H413 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| בָ֑א | Va' | he went | H935 → |
| וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה | va.tih.Yei.nah | and they were | H1961 → |
| צְרֻר֛וֹת | tze.ru.Rot | locked up | H6887 → |
| עַד־ | 'ad- | until | H5704 → |
| י֥וֹם | Yom | [the] day | H3117 → |
| מֻתָ֖ן | mu.Tan | died they | H4191 → |
| אַלְמְנ֥וּת | 'al.me.Nut | widowhood of | H491 → |
| חַיּֽוּת׃ ס | chai.Yut | living | H2424 → |
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