1 Kings 1:4

Good News Translation

She was very beautiful, and waited on the king and took care of him, but he did not have intercourse with her.

Cross References

Genesis 12:11

When he was about to cross the border into Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “You are a beautiful woman.

1 Kings 1:3

A search was made all over Israel for a beautiful young woman, and in Shunem they found such a woman named Abishag, and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 1:5

Now that Absalom was dead, Adonijah, the son of David and Haggith, was the oldest surviving son. He was a very handsome man. David had never reprimanded him about anything, and he was ambitious to be king. He provided for himself chariots, horses, and an escort of fifty men.

1 Kings 2:17

He answered, “Please ask King Solomon—I know he won't refuse you—to let me have Abishag, the young woman from Shunem, as my wife.”

1 Kings 2:21

She answered, “Let your brother Adonijah have Abishag as his wife.”

Matthew 1:25

But he had no sexual relations with her before she gave birth to her son. And Joseph named him Jesus.