2 Samuel 16:21
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Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, that he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you are abhorred of your father: then will the hands of all who are with you be strong.
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Jerusalem was David’s royal city, where Absalom publicly asserted his rival claim by taking David’s concubines. David had fled east across the Jordan, while the Mount of Olives marked his sorrowful departure from Jerusalem, highlighting the humiliation and political crisis Ahithophel’s counsel sought to exploit.
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