2Sa 16:21 | TNotes | STEP | 16:21 Go and sleep with your father’s concubines: A usurper took a predecessor’s harem to assert or strengthen his claim to the throne (see 3:7 ). Absalom’s action was in violation of Deut 22:30 .

cDeut 22:30►

‏ 2 Samuel 16:21

16:21 ^a Go and sleep with your father’s concubines: A usurper took a predecessor’s harem to assert or strengthen his claim to the throne (see 3:7 ^b). Absalom’s action was in violation of Deut 22:30 ^c.