2 Samuel 20:1-3

International Standard Version

Sheba’s Rebellion

20 Right about then, Bichri’s son Sheba, an ungodly man^[a] from the tribe of Benjamin, sounded a battle trumpet and announced:

² So all of the other Israeli soldiers^[b] abandoned David to follow Bichri’s son Sheba, while the army of Judah remained with the king all the way from the Jordan River^[c] to Jerusalem.

³ When David arrived at his palace in Jerusalem, the king took the ten mistresses^[d] whom he had left behind to keep the palace in order and placed them in a separate house, providing for them under the care of a protective guard. He never visited them again, so they were under care until they died, living as if their husbands had died.