1 Kings 1:1

New American Bible - revised edition

When King David was old and advanced in years, though they covered him with blankets he could not get warm.

Cross References

Genesis 18:11

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years, and Sarah had stopped having her menstrual periods.

Genesis 24:1

Abraham was old, having seen many days, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.

2 Samuel 24:25

Then David built an altar to the Lord there, and sacrificed burnt offerings and communion offerings. The Lord granted relief to the land, and the plague was withdrawn from Israel.

2 Samuel 5:4

David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years:

1 Kings 1:15

So Bathsheba visited the king in his room. The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunamite was caring for the king.

1 Kings 1:2

His servants therefore said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought to attend my lord the king, and to nurse him. If she sleeps with you, my lord the king will be warm.”

1 Chronicles 23:1

When David had grown old and was near the end of his days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

Psalm 90:10

Seventy is the sum of our years, or eighty, if we are strong; Most of them are toil and sorrow; they pass quickly, and we are gone.

Ecclesiastes 4:11

So also, if two sleep together, they keep each other warm. How can one alone keep warm?

Luke 1:7

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren and both were advanced in years.

Joshua 13:1

When Joshua was old and advanced in years, the Lord said to him: Though now you are old and advanced in years, a very large part of the land still remains to be possessed.