Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 16:22
So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
22. upon the top of the house ] The fact that the very roof on which David was walking when he secretly conceived his great sin was the public scene of its punishment, and the nature of the punishment, corresponding to the nature of the sin, as Nathan had foretold, make this retribution signally striking. See ch. 2Sa 12:11-12; and cp. 2Ki 9:25-26.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Upon the top of the house, to wit, of the kings palace, the very place from whence David had spied and gazed upon Bath-sheba, 2Sa 11:2. So that his sin was legible in the very place of his punishment.
Unto his fathers concubines, i.e. to one or some of them; and by so doing did further make claim to the kingdom as his own; and, as it were, take possession of it; it being usual in the eastern countries to account the wives and concubines of the late king to belong of right to the successor: See Poole on 2Sa 12:8.
In the sight of all Israel; who saw him go into the tent, and thence concluded that he lay with them, as he had designed to do.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house,…. On the top of his father’s palace; this, as houses in Jerusalem and Judea were, was built flat, De 22:8; and it was on the very spot from whence David had a sight of Bathsheba, and conceived an impure lust after her. The Targum renders it, a canopy; which Kimchi describes as consisting of four pillars, upon and round about which curtains were hung:
and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel; they saw the tent or canopy erected, and saw him go into it, and might reasonably conclude he lay with his father’s concubines, or half wives, in it; and this being done in so public a manner fulfilled the prophecy, which said it should be done in the sight of the sun, and of all Israel, 2Sa 12:11; this shows how corrupt the people of Israel were at this time, at least those that were with Absalom, that there should be none to object to the counsel Ahithophel gave, nor any to remonstrate against the execution of it, but all seemed to look upon it with pleasure; nor even did Hushai, David’s friend, oppose it; perhaps he saw it was to no purpose.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Absalom had a tent put up on the roof of the king’s palace, that his going in to the concubines might be done publicly in the sight of all Israel. For (as the historian adds in 2Sa 16:23 by way of explanation) the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was like a divine oracle both with David and with Absalom. The words from to are placed at the commencement absolutely: “and (as for) the counsel of Ahithophel, … as if one inquired the word of God, so was every counsel of Ahithophel.” The Masoretes have supplied as the Keri to . This is correct so far as the sense is concerned, but it is quite unnecessary, as may be taken impersonally. is to be explained from the formula (see at Jdg 1:1).
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(22) A tent upon the top of the house.Nathan had foretold that the nature of Davids public punishment should correspond to the character of his secret crime. The fact that this punishment takes place on the very roof where David had first yielded to his guilty passion makes it particularly striking.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
22. Upon the top of the house That roof of the royal palace whence David took the lustful look upon Bathsheba. 2Sa 11:2.
In the sight of all Israel As Nathan’s bitter prophecy foretold. See 2Sa 12:11-12.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Sa 16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
Ver. 22. Upon the top of the house. ] Whence David first saw Bathsheba.
And Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines.] By a worse kind of incest than that of Amnon, or any other unless it were Amida above mentioned, or Pope John XII, as Luitprandus writeth. a
a Lib. De Reb. Gest. in Europ.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the top of the house. Compare 2Sa 11:2.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the top: 2Sa 11:2
went in: 2Sa 12:11, 2Sa 12:12, 2Sa 15:16, 2Sa 20:3, Num 25:6, Isa 3:9, Jer 3:3, Jer 8:12, Eze 24:7, Phi 3:19
Reciprocal: Gen 35:22 – lay with Gen 38:26 – And he knew Lev 18:8 – General Deu 27:20 – General Jdg 19:1 – a concubine 2Sa 3:7 – gone in 1Ki 2:21 – Let Abishag Psa 55:10 – mischief Psa 71:4 – out of the Eze 22:10 – discovered 1Co 5:1 – that one
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 16:22. So they spread a tent upon the top of the house Of the kings palace, the very place from whence David had gazed upon Bath-sheba: so that his sin was legible in the very place of his punishment. And Absalom went in unto his fathers concubines To one or some of them. In the sight of all Israel Who saw him go into the tent, and thence concluded that he had converse with them as he had designed. An action of such profligate impiety, and abandoned impudence, as it were to be wished no sun had seen, or history related. By this we may see the character of Absalom and his party, and how abominably wicked they must have been, whom such a scandalous action tied the faster to him. And we may further learn how corrupt the body of the people were, and how ripe for that judgment, which was now hastening toward them. Now was Davids adultery (which had been planned, and, it may be, perpetrated in the same place) judicially chastised, and Gods vengeance denounced upon it by his prophet signally executed, and his wives prostituted in the sight of the sun, 2Sa 12:11. The Lord is righteous, and no word of his shall fall to the ground!