“Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.”
2 Samuel 15:16 (BSB)
Context Reading
14And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.” 15The king’s servants replied, “Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants.” 16Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace. 17So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house, 18and all his servants marched past him — all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.