The first book of Kings : with introduction, notes, and maps . THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and The lastthey covered him with clothes, but ]v/. gat no heat. ^Yvid. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be i. for my lord the king a young virgin : and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and lether lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may getheat. 2 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout allthe coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite,and brouglit her to the king. ^And the damsel
The first book of Kings : with introduction, notes, and maps . THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and The lastthey covered him with clothes, but ]v/. gat no heat. ^Yvid. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be i. for my lord the king a young virgin : and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and lether lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may getheat. 2 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout allthe coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite,and brouglit her to the king. ^And the damsel wasvery fair, and cherished the king, and ministered tohim : but the king knew her not. 5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, ?^i^^/°^saying, I will be king : and he prepared him chariots attempt. 1 .This hook goes on straight in continuation of what lias beenrelated about David in 2 Samnel. The division between the twobooks is not as old as the books themselves. It is probable that1 Kings i. 1 joined on to 2 Samuel xx. 26, the end of the storyof Absalom
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