Holy Scripture
2 Samuel 16:22
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“He was expelled from his kingdom and fled as an exile to escape murder. You do not know of a son more wicked and bloodthirsty. Because he could not kill his father in his attempt to murder him, he defiled him with incest. By heaping crime on crime, he achieved an incest beyond all incest. He committed in public a thin…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
22And they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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20And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Deliberate among yourselves concerning what we should do.
21And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to thy father’s concubines, whom he left to keep his house; and all Israel shall hear that thou hast dishonored thy father; and the hands of all that are with thee shall be strengthened.
— 2 Samuel 16:22 —
23And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in former days, was as if one should inquire of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and also to Absalom.