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1 Kings 1:4

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.

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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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.
DARBY
And the damsel was very fair; and cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.
BLB
And the young woman [was] even exceedingly lovely, and she cared for the king and served him, and the king did not know her.
ÅB
Det var en meget vakker pike; hun pleide kongen og tjente ham, men kongen hadde ikke omgang med henne.
OTB
Den unge kvinnen var meget vakker, og hun tok seg av kongen og tjente ham, men kongen hadde ikke omgang med henne.
B1930
Det var en meget vakker pike; hun pleide kongen og tjente ham, men kongen hadde ikke omgang med henne.

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