16 Then (A)the king went out with all his household after him. But the king left (B)ten women, concubines, to keep the house.

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16 The king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left ten concubines(A) to take care of the palace.

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Now David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, (A)his concubines whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in seclusion and supported them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

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When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines(A) he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them but had no sexual relations with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows.

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