1 Kings 2:17

English Standard Version

¹⁷And he said, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me ^(A)Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

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1 Kings 2:17 in all English translations

1 Kings 1:3-4

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³So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the ^(A)Shunammite, and brought her to the king. ⁴The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the king and attended to him, but the king knew her not.

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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

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