1 Kings 1:1-4
1599 Geneva Bible
The First Book of the Kings
1 3 Abishag keepeth David in his extreme age. 5 Adonijah usurpeth the kingdom. 30 Solomon is anointed king, 50 Adonijah fleeth to the altar.
1 Now when King David was [a]old, and stricken in years, they covered him with clothes, but no [b]heat came unto him.
2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin, and let her [c]stand before the king, and cherish him: and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the King may get heat.
3 So they sought for a fair young maid throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found one Abishag [d]a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
4 And the maid was exceedingly fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him, but the king knew her not.
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- 1 Kings 1:1 He was about 70 years old, 2 Sam. 5:4.
- 1 Kings 1:1 For his natural heat was worn away with travails.
- 1 Kings 1:2 Or, serve him.
- 1 Kings 1:3 Which city was in the tribe of Issachar, as Josh. 19:18.
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