Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and h
Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the pala
As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a
Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.
You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard ab
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servan
If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their b
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to t
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans:
Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What w
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizz
Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will tak
King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother,
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters