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1 Kings 1:4
1 Kings 1:4 is verse 4 of 1 Kings chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.
King James Version
And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
World English Bible
The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and served him; but the king didn’t know her intimately.
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1 Kings 1:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
4 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 1:25But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.