2 Sam 20:3

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ten women.

2Sam 15:16; 2Sam 16:21; 2Sam 16:22

and put.The confinement and retired maintenance of these women was the only measure which in justice and prudence could be adopted. In China, when an emperor dies, all his women are removed to an edifice called the palace of chastity, situated within the palace, in which they are shut up for the remainder of their lives.

ward. Heb. an house of ward.

Ge 40:3

shut. Heb. bound. living in widowhood. Heb. in widowhoodof life.