1 Kings 1:4 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴ And the young woman was very beautiful. And she was a companion for the sovereign, and served him, but the sovereign did not know her.

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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

And it came to be, when he was close to entering Mitsrayim, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.

1 Kings 1:3

And they sought for a beautiful young woman in all the border of Yisra’ĕl, and found Aḇishaḡ the Shunammite, and brought her to the sovereign.

1 Kings 1:5

And Aḏoniyah son of Ḥaggith exalted himself, saying, “I reign.” And he prepared for himself a chariot and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

1 Kings 2:17

And he said, “Please speak to Sovereign Shelomoh – for he would not refuse you – to give me Aḇishaḡ the Shunammite as wife.”

1 Kings 2:21

Then she said, “Let Aḇishaḡ the Shunammite be given to Aḏoniyahu your brother as wife.”

Matthew 1:25

but knew her not until she gave birth to her Son, the first-born. And he called His Name יהושע.