When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know well that you are a woman beautiful in appearance;
1 Kings 1:4 - New Revised Standard Version The girl was very beautiful. She became the king's attendant and served him, but the king did not know her sexually. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The maiden was beautiful; and she waited on and nursed him. But the king had no intercourse with her. American Standard Version (1901) And the damsel was very fair; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not. Common English Bible She was very beautiful. She cared for the king and served him, but the king didn’t have sex with her. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the girl was exceedingly beautiful. And she slept with the king, and she ministered to him. Yet truly, the king did not know her. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the damsel was exceeding beautiful; and she slept with the king, and served him: but the king did not know her. |
When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know well that you are a woman beautiful in appearance;
So they searched for a beautiful girl throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
Now Adonijah son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king”; he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
He said, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son; and he named him Jesus.