2 Samuel 16:21-23

New American Standard Bible 1995

²¹ Ahithophel said to Absalom, “^(A)Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.” ²² So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, ^(B)and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines ^(C)in the sight of all Israel. ^23 (D)The advice of Ahithophel, which he ^[a]gave in those days, was as if one inquired of the word of God; ^(E)so was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom.