Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Kings 1:4
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The girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.
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And the damsel [was] very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
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The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and served him; but the king didn’t know her intimately.
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And the damsel was very fair; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.
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1 Kings 1
2 So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
3 Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
4 The girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.
5 At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
6 (His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
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