1 Kings 1:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So they searched for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel and found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.

Cross References

Joshua 19:18

Its territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

Esther 2:4

And let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so.

Esther 2:2

Then the king’s servants who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king.

2 Kings 4:8

One day Elisha was passing through Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to have a meal. So whenever he passed that way, he would stop there for a meal.

1 Samuel 28:4

The Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem. Saul gathered all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa.

2 Kings 4:25

So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman;

1 Kings 1:2

So his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be his attendant; let her lie in your bosom, so that my lord the king may be warm.”

1 Kings 1:4

The young woman was very beautiful. She became the king’s attendant and served him, but the king did not know her sexually.