| Contact + Contact Form 
 Search + Search Form 
 Introduction + Aims & Scope + Structure + History 
 Announcements + Updates + Calls for Papers + New Lectures + New Publications 
 Alphabetical Index + Author Index + Speaker Index 
 Chronological Index + Ancient History + Medieval History + Modern History 
 Geographical Index + African History + American History + Asian History + European History + Oceanian History 
 Topical Index + Prosecution + Cases + Types + Offenders + Victims + Society + Research + Representations 
 Resources + Institutions + Literature Search + Research | 
				
					Start: 
					Alphabetical Index: 
					Author Index: 
						A | 
						B | 
						C | 
						D | 
						E | 
						F | 
						G | 
						H | 
						I | 
						J | 
						K | 
						L | 
						M | 
						N | 
						O | 
						P | 
						Q | 
						R | 
						S | 
						T | 
						U | 
						V | 
						W | 
						X | 
						Y | 
						Z | 
						Unknown
				 
				First published: December 20, 2014 - Last updated: November 1, 2025
			TITLE INFORMATION 
			
			Author: Elna K. Solvang
			
 Title: Guarding the house
 
 Subtitle: Conflict, rape, and David’s concubines
 
 In: Sex in Antiquity: Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World
 
 Edited by: Mark Masterson, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz and James Robson
 
 Place: London and New York, NY
 
 Publisher: Routledge
 
 Year: 2014 (hbk, ebk.), 2018 (pbk.)
 
 Pages: 50-66
 
 Series: Rewriting Antiquity
 
 ISBN-13: 9780415519410 (hbk.) - 
				Find a Library: 
					Wikipedia, 
					WorldCat | 
			ISBN-13: 9781138480414 (pbk.) - 
				Find a Library: 
					Wikipedia, 
					WorldCat | 
			ISBN-13: 9781315747910 (ebk.) - 
				Find a Library: 
					Wikipedia, 
					WorldCat
 
 Language: English
 
 Keywords: 
				Ancient History: 
					Israelite History | 
				Cases: 
					Biblical Offenders / 
						Absalom; 
				Types: 
					Rape; 
				Representations: 
					Religious Texts / 
						Books of Samuel
 
 FULL TEXT
 
			
			Links:
			- Google Books (Limited Preview)
 
 - Taylor & Francis Online (Restricted Access)
 
 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
			
			Author:
				Elna K. Solvang, 
					Department of Religion, 
					Concordia College
			
 Abstract: 
				»In Chapter 3, Solvang examines the use of rape as a strategy in ancient and modern conflicts, drawing out instructive parallels between the role played by rape in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and Absalom’s decision to sexually violate the concubines of his father, King David, in 2 Sam. 16.« 
				(Source: Mark Masterson, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, and James Robson, with assistance from Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones. »Introduction.« Sex in Antiquity: Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World. Edited by Mark Masterson et. al. London 2014: 7)
 
 Contents:
 
			
			
			|  | Uses of sexual violence in civil conflicts (p. 51) |  
			|  | Absalom and David’s ten concubines (p. 55) |  
			|  | David’s concubines and the survivors of rape (p. 62) |  
			|  | In closing (p. 64) |  
			|  | Notes (p. 64) |  
			|  | Bibliography (p. 65) |  Wikipedia: 
				Ancient history: 
					Ancient Near East / 
						History of ancient Israel and Judah | 
				Bible: 
					Hebrew Bible / 
						Books of Samuel, 
						2 Samuel 16 | 
				Bible: 
					Rape in the Hebrew Bible / 
						Absalom | 
				Sex and the law: 
					Rape / 
						History of rape
 |