2 Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman, a virgin, be sought for our lord the king, and let her¹ stand before the king, and let her care for him; and let her lie in your bosom, that our lord the king may be warm.”  ‡

3 So they sought for a lovely young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found ^aAbishag the ^bShunammite, and brought her to the king.  ‡