21. Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines that he has left to keep the house. Then all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong.”
22. So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
23. The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man enquired at the inner sanctuary of God. So was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.