3And they seek a fair young woman in all the border of Israel, and find Abishag the Shunammite, and bring her in to the king,


In Context

1 And king David is old, entering into days, and they cover him with garments, and he hath no heat,

2 and his servants say to him, 'Let them seek for my lord the king a young woman, a virgin, and she hath stood before the king, and is to him a companion, and hath lain in thy bosom, and my lord the king hath heat.'

3 And they seek a fair young woman in all the border of Israel, and find Abishag the Shunammite, and bring her in to the king,

4 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.

5 And Adonijah son of Haggith is lifting himself up, saying, 'I do reign;' and he prepareth for himself a chariot and horsemen, and fifty men running before him,

1 Kings 1:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:3Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:3So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:3So they sought a beautiful young woman in all the coasts of Israel, and they found Abisag a Sunamitess, and brought her to the king.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:3So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3And they sought for a fair damsel throughout the territory of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:3So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunamite, and brought her to the king.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:3So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.