So his servants said to him, ‘Let us search for a young virgin for my lord the king. She is to attend the king and be his caregiver. She is to lie by your side so that my lord the king will get warm.’
1 Kings 1:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They searched for a beautiful girl throughout the territory of Israel; they found Abishag the Shunammite , and brought her to the king. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So they sought a fair maiden through all the territory of Israel and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. American Standard Version (1901) So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. Common English Bible So they looked in every corner of Israel until they found Abishag from Shunem. They brought her to the king. Catholic Public Domain Version And so they sought a beautiful young woman in all the parts of Israel. And they found Abishag, a Shunammite, and they led her to the king. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So they sought a beautiful young woman in all the coasts of Israel: and they found Abisag a Sunamitess, and brought her to the king. |
So his servants said to him, ‘Let us search for a young virgin for my lord the king. She is to attend the king and be his caregiver. She is to lie by your side so that my lord the king will get warm.’
The girl was of unsurpassed beauty, and she became the king’s caregiver. She attended to him, but he was not intimate with her.
So she came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his attendant Gehazi, ‘Look, there’s the Shunammite woman.
One day Elisha went to Shunem. A prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to eat some food. So whenever he passed by, he stopped there to eat.
The king’s personal attendants suggested, ‘Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king.
Then the young woman who pleases the king will become queen instead of Vashti.’ This suggestion pleased the king, and he did accordingly.
The Philistines gathered and camped at Shunem. So Saul gathered all Israel, and they camped at Gilboa.