Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in his service. Let her lie in your arms, that my lord the king may be warm.”
1 Kings 1:3 - English Standard Version 2016 So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So they sought a fair maiden through all the territory of Israel and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. American Standard Version (1901) So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. Common English Bible So they looked in every corner of Israel until they found Abishag from Shunem. They brought her to the king. Catholic Public Domain Version And so they sought a beautiful young woman in all the parts of Israel. And they found Abishag, a Shunammite, and they led her to the king. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So they sought a beautiful young woman in all the coasts of Israel: and they found Abisag a Sunamitess, and brought her to the king. |
Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in his service. Let her lie in your arms, that my lord the king may be warm.”
The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the king and attended to him, but the king knew her not.
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.
One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food.
Then the king’s young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king.
And let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so.
The Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa.