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.
1 Kings 2:21 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) She said, Let Avishag the Shunammite be given to Adoniyahu your brother as wife. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She said, Give Abishag the Shunammite to Adonijah your brother to be his wife. American Standard Version (1901) And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. Common English Bible “Let Abishag from Shunem be married to your brother Adonijah,” she said. Catholic Public Domain Version And she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah, your brother, as wife." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she said: Let Abisag the Sunamitess be given to Adonias thy brother to wife. |
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.
The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king didn't know her intimately.