1 Kings 1:1-4

Legacy Standard Bible

David in Old Age

1 Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm. ² So his servants said to him, “Let them seek a young virgin for my lord the king, and let her stand before the king and become his nurse; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.” ³ So 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. ⁴ Now the young woman was very beautiful; and she became the king’s nurse and attended him, but the king did not ^[a]know her.