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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
2 Samuel 20:1–3, “And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.”
There is always someone who is not a legitimate leader but wants to take the chance to become the leader even though they don’t have the ability or the support. This has always happened and still happens in some places today. When there was an argument between Israel and Judah a man called Sheba decided that he would take the opportunity and claim to be the king of Israel. Then many of the Israelis decided to follow Sheba and proclaim him as their king. On the other hand, David wanted to return home so he went back to Jerusalem. He had to care for the women that he left to care for his home when he fled from Jerusalem. Absalom had raped these woman sand David had to be careful about keeping the Law, especially the seventh commandment for, technically, the women had violated that commandment when Absalom had raped them. There are always some legalistic people in every community. David gave these women a pleasant place to live but they were kept locked up until the day they died.
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