1 Kings 1:15

So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.

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KJV

And Bath–sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

ASV

And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering unto the king.

YLT

And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto the king, to the inner chamber, and the king is very aged, and Abishag the Shunammite is serving the king:

DBT

And Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber; and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered to the king.

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And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber,.... Where he lay, being bedridden; she took Nathan's advice, and directly went to the king's apartment: and the king was very old: and decrepit, borne down with the infirmities of old age, though but seventy years of age: and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king; she was then waiting upon the king, and serving him with what was necessary and proper for him; and perhaps there was no other in the chamber at that time.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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Into the chamber - The bed-chamber or inner chamber. Abishag was a disinterested witness present, who heard all that Bath-sheba said to David.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

Adonijah, in common with the people generally, expected that this natural arrangement should be followed in the Hebrew kingdom as in all others. Nathan, who was aware of the old king's solemn promise to Solomon, and, moreover, that this promise was sanctioned by the divine will, saw that no time was to be lost.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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1 Kings 1:1
Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.

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About this book

The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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1 Kings 1:1
Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 29:27–28
  The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
- Joshua 23:1–2
  A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
- 1 Chronicles 23:1
  When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
- Psalms 90:10
  The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
- 2 Samuel 5:4
  David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

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