Abishag
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Named at 1 Kings 1:3 as “Abishag the Shunammite”. 1:1–4 says that when King David was old, 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”, and that they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king; it says, “The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and served him; but the king didn’t know her intimately.” 1:15 says, “The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.” At 2:13–17 Adonijah the son of Haggith comes to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon and says, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.” At 2:19–22 Bathsheba goes to King Solomon and says, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife”, and King Solomon answers his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah?”
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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.
- 1KI 1:15–21, engwebp
15Bathsheba went in to the king in his room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.
16Bathsheba bowed and showed respect to the king. The king said, “What would you like?”
17She said to him, “My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your servant, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’
18Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don’t know it.
19He has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn’t called Solomon your servant.
20You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.”
- 1KI 2:13–18, engwebp
13Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, “Do you come peaceably?” He said, “Peaceably.
14He said moreover, I have something to tell you.” She said, “Say on.”
15He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However, the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from the LORD.
16Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.” She said to him, “Say on.”
17He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”
18Bathsheba said, “All right. I will speak for you to the king.”
- 1KI 2:19–25, engwebp
19Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.
20Then she said, “I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me.” The king said to her, “Ask on, my mother, for I will not deny you.”
21She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”
22King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”
23Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
24Now therefore as the LORD lives, who has established me and set me on my father David’s throne, and who has made me a house as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today.”
25King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.
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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.
Bathsheba went in to the king in his room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.
He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”
She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”
King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Abishag (person-abishag) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/abishag Current wording: Named at 1 Kings 1:3 as “Abishag the Shunammite”. 1:1–4 says that when King David was old, 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”, and that they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king; it says, “The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and served him; but the king didn’t know her intimately.” 1:15 says, “The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.” At 2:13–17 Adonijah the son of Haggith comes to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon and says, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.” At 2:19–22 Bathsheba goes to King Solomon and says, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife”, and King Solomon answers his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah?” Cited evidence: 1KI 1:1–4, engwebp / 1KI 1:15–21, engwebp / 1KI 2:13–18, engwebp / 1KI 2:19–25, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.