Just as he was about to enter Egypt he said to Sarai his wife, “Look, please, I know that you are an attractive woman.
1 Kings 1:4 - Tree of Life Version The girl was very beautiful. So she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king was not intimate with her. 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. |
Just as he was about to enter Egypt he said to Sarai his wife, “Look, please, I know that you are an attractive woman.
So they sought 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’ll be king!” So he prepared for himself chariots, horsemen and 50 men to run before him.
Then he said, “Please, speak to King Solomon—for he won’t turn you down—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”
So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”
But he did not know her intimately until she had given birth to a Son. And he called His name Yeshua.