2 Samuel 20:3 (KJV)

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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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Cross-references

ten women. 2Sa 15:16 2Sa 16:21 2Sa 16:22

ward. Heb. an house of ward. Ge 40:3

and put.The confinement and retired maintenance of these women was the only measure which in justice and prudence could be adopted. In China, when an emperor dies, all his women are removed to an edifice called the palace of chastity, situated within the palace, in which they are shut up for the remainder of their lives. shut. Heb. bound. living in widowhood. Heb. in widowhoodof life.

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