1 Kings 1:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ The maiden was very beautiful; and she became the king's nurse and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ The maiden was beautiful; and she waited on and nursed him. But the king had no intercourse with her.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And the damsel was very fair; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.

Common English Bible

⁴ She was very beautiful. She cared for the king and served him, but the king didn’t have sex with her.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Now the girl was exceedingly beautiful. And she slept with the king, and she ministered to him. Yet truly, the king did not know her.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And the damsel was exceeding beautiful; and she slept with the king, and served him: but the king did not know her.

1 Kings 1:4 Cross References

Genesis 12:11

When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful to behold;

1 Kings 1:3

So they sought for a beautiful maiden throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 1:5

Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king”; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

1 Kings 2:17

And he said, “Pray ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

1 Kings 2:21

She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.”

Matthew 1:25

but knew her not until she had borne a son; and he called his name Jesus.