2 Samuel 15:16; 2 Samuel 18:3; 2 Samuel 18:11; 2 Samuel 18:15; 2 Samuel 19:43; 2 Samuel 20:3

2 Samuel 15:16

16 The king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left ten concubines to take care of the palace.

2 Samuel 18:3

3 But the men said, “You must not go out; if we are forced to flee, they won’t care about us. Even if half of us die, they won’t care; but you are worth ten thousand of us. It would be better now for you to give us support from the city.”

2 Samuel 18:11

11 Joab said to the man who had told him this, “What! You saw him? Why didn’t you strike him to the ground right there? Then I would have had to give you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt.”

2 Samuel 18:15

15 And ten of Joab’s armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him and killed him.

2 Samuel 19:43

43 Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king; so we have a greater claim on David than you have. Why then do you treat us with contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing back our king?” But the men of Judah pressed their claims even more forcefully than the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 20:3

3 When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them but had no sexual relations with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows.