Adonijah Presumes to Be King
1 Now King David was aold, advanced in years; and they put covers on him, but he could not get warm.
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.
4 The young woman was very lovely; and she cared for the king, and served him; but the king did not know her.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Cross-references and similar verses for 1 Kings 1:2:
Let there be sought. Heb. Let them seek. a young virgin.
Deuteronomy 10:8
1 Samuel 16:21
1 Samuel 16:22
2 Chronicles 29:11
cherish him. Heb. be a cherisher unto him. lie.
Genesis 16:5
Deuteronomy 13:6
2 Samuel 12:3
Micah 7:5
get heat.
Ecclesiastes 4:11
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