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So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father`s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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Prophecy and Poetic Justice
Commentators unanimously note that this event is a direct and public fulfillment of the prophet Nathan's judgment on David (2 Samuel 12:11–12). The sin was committed on the very palace roof where David's own transgression with Bathsheba began, making the punishment, as one scholar puts it, "particularly striking" and a clear example of reaping what one sows.
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2 Samuel
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19th Century
Anglican
A tent upon the top of the house. —Nathan had foretold that the nature of David’s public punishment should correspond to the chara…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house On the top of his father's palace; this, as houses in Jerusale…
Presbyterian
The wisest counselors of that age were Ahithophel and Hushai. Absalom thought he was sure of success when he had both; he relied on them and did no…