1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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II Samuel 16:22

*So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house; and he went in to his father's concubines before all Israel.

2 Kings 12:11.

Israel, who saw him enter the tents, (Calmet) on the flat roof, 2 Kings 11:2., and 12:11. (Haydock) --- The wives of the conquered king were reserved for the victor. Smerdis married all the wives of his predecessor, Cambyses. (Herodotus 3:68, 83.) (Calmet)