Cross Reference 2 SAMUEL 20:3 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

{2 Samuel 20:3} And David 1732 came 935 z8799 to x413 his house 1004 at Jerusalem; 3389 and the king 4428 took 3947 z8799 x853 the ten 6235 women 802 [his] concubines, 6370 whom x834 he had left y3240 z8689 x5117 to keep 8104 z8800 the house, 1004 and put 5414 z8799 them in ward, 4931 x1004 and fed 3557 z8770 them, but went x935 not x3808 in y935 z8804 unto x413 them. So they were x1961 shut up 6887 z8803 unto x5704 the day 3117 of their death, 4191 z8800 living 2424 in widowhood. 491

ten women:
"And the kingª went forth,ª ° and all¹ his householdª afterª him. And the kingª leftª °¹ tenª women,ª [which were] concubines,ª to keepª ° the house.ª" {2Sm 15:16} + "And Ahithophelª saidª ° unto¹ Absalom,ª Go¹ in² ° unto¹ thy father'sª concubines,ª which¹ he hath left² °¹ to keepª ° the house;ª and all¹ Israelª shall hearª ° that¹ thou art abhorredª ° of¹ thy father:ª then shall the handsª of all¹ that¹ [are] with¹ thee be strong.ª ° ... So they spreadª ° Absalomª a tentª upon¹ the top¹ of the house;² and Absalomª went¹ in² ° unto¹ his father'sª concubinesª in the sightª of all¹ Israel.ª" {2Sm 16:21-22}

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, "And he putª ° them in wardª in the houseª of the captainª of the guard,ª into¹ the prison,ª ª the placeª where¹ ¹ Josephª [was] bound.ª °" {Gen 40:3}