So they sought for a fair young maid throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found one Abishag [a]a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

And the maid was exceedingly fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him, but the king knew her not.

¶ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith, exalted himself, saying, I will be king. And he got him chariots and horsemen, and [b]fifty men to run before him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:3 Which city was in the tribe of Issachar, as Josh. 19:18.
  2. 1 Kings 1:5 Read 2 Sam. 15:1.

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