Therefore his servants said to him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.
1 Kings 1:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Yisra'el, and found Avishag 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 there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.
The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king didn't know her intimately.
So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Karmel. It happened, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gechazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite:
It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
Then the king's servants who served him said, *Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.
and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.* The thing pleased the king, and he did so.
The Pelishtim gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Sha'ul gathered all Yisra'el together, and they encamped in Gilboa.