2 Samuel 16:22

2 Samuel 16:22 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

22So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

Read 2 Samuel 16 in NIV · About the NIV

New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

22So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom had relations with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

Read 2 Samuel 16 in NASB2020 · About the NASB2020

New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

22So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

Read 2 Samuel 16 in NASB1995 · About the NASB1995

Amplified Bible (AMP)

22So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof [of the king’s palace], and 16:22 This outrageous act was an assumption of absolute power, and signified an irreversible break in Absalom’s relationship with his father. Nathan the prophet had prophesied that David would be publicly humiliated in this way.Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel. [2 Sam 12:11, 12]

Read 2 Samuel 16 in AMP · About the AMP

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

22So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

Read 2 Samuel 16 in BSB · About the BSB

New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

22So they set up a tent for Absalom on the roof of the palace. He went in and slept with his father’s concubines. Everyone in Israel saw it.

Read 2 Samuel 16 in NIrV · About the NIrV