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.
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Gill's Exposition
And David came to his house at Jerusalem,.... His palace there, which was in that part of the city called the fort of Zion, and city of David:
and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he…
Adam Clarke
The ten women - He could not well divorce them; he could not punish them, as they were not in the transgression; he could no more be familiar with them, because they had been defiled by his son; and…
David, in the midst of his triumphs, has here the affliction to see his kingdom disturbed and his family disgraced.
I. His subjects revolting from him at the instigation of a man of Belial, whom they…
Cambridge Bible
David's return to Jerusalem
3. living in widowhood Either in widowhood for life, or as the Targum explains it, in widowhood while their husband was still alive. Since they had been appropriated by…