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Abishag the Shunammite cherishes and serves King David in his old age

수넴 여자 아비삭이 늙은 다윗왕을 봉양하며 수종함

1 Kings 1:1–4: King David is old and advanced in years; and they cover him with clothes, but he can’t keep warm. His servants say to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king. Let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.” So they seek for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and find Abishag the Shunammite, and bring her to the king. The text says, “The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and served him; but the king didn’t know her intimately.” The Korean Revised Version names no one who covers him (1:1, 이불을 덮어도) and runs 1:3 on from the servants’ words of 1:2 (구하다가).

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1KI 1:1–4, engwebp
¹Now King David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm.
²Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king. Let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.”
³So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
⁴The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and served him; but the king didn’t know her intimately.
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Evidence: 1 Kings 1:1–4
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Evidence: 1 Kings 1:1–4

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Entry: Abishag the Shunammite cherishes and serves King David in his old age (event-1ki-1-abishag-cherishes-the-old-king)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/1ki-1-abishag-cherishes-the-old-king
Current wording: 1 Kings 1:1–4: King David is old and advanced in years; and they cover him with clothes, but he can’t keep warm. His servants say to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king. Let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.” So they seek for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and find Abishag the Shunammite, and bring her to the king. The text says, “The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and served him; but the king didn’t know her intimately.” The Korean Revised Version names no one who covers him (1:1, 이불을 덮어도) and runs 1:3 on from the servants’ words of 1:2 (구하다가).
Cited evidence: 1KI 1:1–4, engwebp
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