The First Book of the Kings

3 Abishag keepeth David in his extreme age. 5 Adonijah usurpeth the kingdom. 30 Solomon is anointed king, 50 Adonijah fleeth to the altar.

Now when King David was [a]old, and stricken in years, they covered him with clothes, but no [b]heat came unto him.

Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin, and let her [c]stand before the king, and cherish him: and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the King may get heat.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:1 He was about 70 years old, 2 Sam. 5:4.
  2. 1 Kings 1:1 For his natural heat was worn away with travails.
  3. 1 Kings 1:2 Or, serve him.

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