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1 Kings 1:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" Wherefore 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. "
1 Kings 1:2
Verse in Context
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1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
2 Wherefore 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.
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.
4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
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1 Kings 1:1
"Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat."
1 Kings 1:3
"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 1:4
"And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not."
1 Kings 1:5
"Then 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."
1 Kings 1:6
"And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom."
1 Kings 1:7
"And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him."
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