2 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Then David went to his palace ¹  in Jerusalem. The king took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace and placed them under confinement. ²  Though he provided for their needs, he did not have sexual relations with them. ³  They remained in confinement until the day they died, living out the rest of their lives as widows.

2 Samuel 21:2

21:2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to ⁴  them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

[20:3]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[20:3]  ² tn Heb “and he placed them in a guarded house.”

[20:3]  ³ tn Heb “he did not come to them”; NAB “has no further relations with them”; NIV “did not lie with them”; TEV “did not have intercourse with them”; NLT “would no longer sleep with them.”

[21:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “swore an oath to.”