Abishag Cares for David
1 Kings 1:4
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.
- KJV
- And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
- WEB
- The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and served him; but the king didn’t know her intimately.
- ASV
- And the damsel was very fair; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.
- LSV
- and the young woman [is] very, very beautiful, and she is a companion to the king, and serves him, and the king has not known her.
- YLT
- and the young woman [is] very very fair, and she is to the king a companion, and serveth him, and the king hath not known her.
- DBY
- And the damsel was very fair; and cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.
- DRC
- And the damsel was exceeding beautiful, and she slept with the king: and served him, but the king did not know her.
- GNV
- And the maid was exceeding faire, and cherished the king, and ministred to him, but the King knew her not.
- JPS
- And the damsel was very fair; and she became a companion unto the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.
- LXXE
- And the damsel was extremely beautiful, and she cherished the king, and ministered to him, but the king knew her not.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה יָפָ֣ה עַד־מְאֹ֑ד וַתְּהִ֨י לַמֶּ֤לֶךְ סֹכֶ֨נֶת֙ וַתְּשָׁ֣רְתֵ֔הוּ וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֹ֥א יְדָעָֽהּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἡ νεᾶνις καλὴ ἕως σφόδρα· καὶ ἦν θάλπουσα τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ ἐλειτούργει αὐτῷ· καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτήν.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 1:25But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
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