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Ahithophel Advises a Public Seizure of David’s Concubines
At Ahithophel’s counsel, Absalom publicly takes the concubines David left to keep the palace. The act claims the throne irreversibly and fulfills Nathan’s earlier judgment that David’s hidden sin would be answered publicly.
Absalom’s public seizure of David’s concubines fulfills Nathan’s announced judgment that David’s hidden sexual sin would be answered openly before all Israel. The prediction and realization occur within the same book and use deliberately corresponding private/public language.
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