KJV King James Version
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
WEB World English Bible
So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
ASV American Standard Version
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they seek a fair young woman in all the border of Israel, and find Abishag the Shunammite, and bring her in to the king,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 1
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.
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.
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.
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וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙H1245 · ba.qashto seekנַעֲרָ֣הH5291 · na.a.rahmaidenיָפָ֔הH3303 · ya.phehbeautifulבְּכֹ֖לH3605 · kolallגְּב֣וּלH1366 · ge.vulborder: boundaryיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּH4672 · ma.tsato findאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲבִישַׁג֙H49 · a.vi.shagAbishagהַשּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔יתH7767 · shu.nam.mitShunammitesוַיָּבִ֥אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeאֹתָ֖הּH853 · et[Obj.]לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃H4428 · me.lekhking
Cross-references
Esther 2:4And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.Joshua 19:18And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,Esther 2:2Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:2 Kings 4:8And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where [was] a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And [so] it was, [that] as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.1 Samuel 28:4And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.2 Kings 4:25So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, [yonder is] that Shunammite:1 Kings 2:17-25And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
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