4And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.


In Context

1 Now king David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat.

2 Wherefore his servants said to 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 borders of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunamite, 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.

5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bore him after Absalom.

1 Kings 1:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:4The girl was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no intimate relations with her.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And the damsel [was] very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And the damsel was exceeding beautiful, and she slept with the king: and served him, but the king did not know her.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And the damsel was very fair; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4And the damsel was very fair; and cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And the damsel was very fair; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king didn't know her intimately.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4and 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.