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Summary
And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
Ten women
Ward
Bible References
Ten women
2 Samuel 15:16
And the king goeth out, and all his household at his feet, and the king leaveth ten women -- concubines -- to keep the house.
2 Samuel 16:21
And Ahithophel saith unto Absalom, 'Go in unto the concubines of thy father, whom he left to keep the house, and all Israel hath heard that thou hast been abhorred by thy father, and the hands of all who are with thee have been strong.'
Ward
Genesis 40:3
and giveth them in charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, unto the round-house, the place where Joseph is a prisoner,