[[2 Sam-16]] Prev: [[Prophecies in 2 Sam-15]] | Next: [[Prophecies in 2 Sam-17]] --- ### 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. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: Absalom publicly engages in relations with David's concubines on the roof of the palace, which serves as a literal and public fulfillment of a divine judgment previously announced against David. *Historical context*: Theologians and biblical scholars (such as Matthew Henry and John Gill) identify this event as the precise fulfillment of the prophecy delivered by Nathan the prophet in [[2 Sam-12#v11|2 Samuel 12:11]]–12. Nathan had declared that as a consequence of David's secret sin with Bathsheba, God would take David's wives and give them to someone close to him who would lie with them in broad daylight before all Israel. Scholars often note the irony that the fulfillment occurred on the very roof where David’s original sin began. *Related to*: [[2 Sam-12#v11|2 Samuel 12:11]]-12 --- #ai_prophecy