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So they spread a tent for Absalom 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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Verse 22. Israel, who saw him enter the tents, ( Calmet.) on the flat roof. Calmet. 11:2. and 12:11. Bible.—The wives of the conquered king were reserved for the victor. Smerdis married all the wives of his predecessor, Cambyses. Herod. iii. 68. and 83. Calmet.
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