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1 Kings 1:3 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 1 · verse 3
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.1 Kings 1:3 · King James Version
1 Kings 1:3 in context
1Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
2Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
3So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
4And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
5Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ShunammiteShûwnammîytha Shunammitess, or female inhabitant of ShunemH7767 →
- AbishagʼĂbîyshagAbishag, a concubine of DavidH49 →
- broughtbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- soughtbâqashto search outH1245 →
- damselnaʻărâha girlH5291 →
- coastsgᵉbûwlproperly, a cordH1366 →
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David, as recorded in the foregoing chapter, had, by the great mercy of God, escaped the sword of the destroying angel. But our deliverances from or through diseases and dangers are but reprieves; if the candle be not blown out, it will burn out of itself.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4