Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 16:22
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2 Samuel16:22
22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house , and Absalom went in unto his fathers concubines , in the sight of all Israel .
To wit, of the Kings Palace, the very place from whence David had spied and gazed upon Bathsheba, Chap. 11. 2. So that his Sin was Legible in the very place of his Punishment.
i. e. To one, or some of them. And by so doing did further make Claim to the Kingdom as his own; and, as it were, take Possession of it. It being usual in the Eastern Countries to account the Wives and Concubines of the late King, to belong of right to the Successor; See the note on Chap. 12. 8.
Who saw him go into the Tent; and thence concluded, That he lay with them, as he had designed to do.
Marginal references: Chap. 12. 11.
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