King James Version (KJV)
1 Kings 1:2
“Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 1
1
Now king David was old [and] stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
2
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
3
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
4
And the damsel [was] very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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