SEV Biblia, Chapter 16:22
Entonces pusieron una tienda a Absalón sobre el terrado, y entró Absalón a las concubinas de su padre, en ojos de todo Israel.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 22. So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house , etc.] On the top of his father’s palace; this, as houses in Jerusalem and Judea were, was built flat, ( Deuteronomy 22:8); and it was on the very spot from whence David had a sight of Bathsheba, and conceived an impure lust after her. The Targum renders it, a canopy; which Kimchi describes as consisting of four pillars, upon and round about which curtains were hung: and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel ; they saw the tent or canopy erected, and saw him go into it, and might reasonably conclude he lay with his father’s concubines, or half wives, in it; and this being done in so public a manner fulfilled the prophecy, which said it should be done in the sight of the sun, and of all Israel, ( 2 Samuel 12:11,12); this shows how corrupt the people of Israel were at this time, at least those that were with Absalom, that there should be none to object to the counsel Ahithophel gave, nor any to remonstrate against the execution of it, but all seemed to look upon it with pleasure; nor even did Hushai, David’s friend, oppose it; perhaps he saw it was to no purpose.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-23 - The wisest counsellors of that age were Ahithophel and Hushai: Absalo thinks himself sure of success, when he has both; on them he relies and consults not the ark, though he had that with him. But miserabl counsellors were they both. Hushai would never counsel him to d wisely. Ahithophel counselled him to do wickedly; and so did a effectually betray him, as he did, who was designedly false to him: for they that advise men to sin, certainly advise them to their hurt. Afte all, honesty is the best policy, and will be found so in the long run Ahithophel gave wicked counsel to Absalom; to render himself so hatefu to his father, that he would never be reconciled to him; this curse policy was of the devil. How desperately wicked is the human heart __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויטו 5186 לאבשׁלום 53 האהל 168 על 5921 הגג 1406 ויבא 935 אבשׁלום 53 אל 413 פלגשׁי 6370 אביו 1 לעיני 5869 כל 3605 ישׂראל׃ 3478
