2 Samuel 16:22 Meaning and Explanation

A tent is pitched on the palace roof, and Absalom does as Ahithophel advised, going in to his father's concubines openly, in the sight of all Israel.

The roof where David once looked down in temptation now becomes the place of his son's public shame against him; the chastening word spoken earlier finds its sorrowful echo. The narrative records the deed without glorifying it, a solemn witness that sin sown in secret may be reaped in the open, and that God's justice, though patient, is never mocked.