2 Samuel 20:1-3
Evangelical Heritage Version
Sheba’s Rebellion
20 A worthless troublemaker named Sheba son of Bikri, a Benjaminite, was present. He blew the ram’s horn and said, “We have no share with David, and no inheritance with the son of Jesse. Every man to his own tent,[a] Israel!” 2 So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bikri. But the men of Judah stuck with their king and accompanied him from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
3 David arrived at his palace in Jerusalem. The king took the ten concubines whom he had left to take care of the house and put them in a residence that was under guard. He provided for them but did not go to them anymore. They were confined until the day of their death—a life of widowhood.
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- 2 Samuel 20:1 To his own tent is an idiom for to his own home. It is used regardless of the form of the dwelling. In many cases we could simply translate to his own home.
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