Verse 3

And so they sought for a faire damosell throughout al the coastes of Israel, and founde one Abisag a Sunamite, and brought her to the king.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 19:18 : 18 And their coast was Iesraelah, Casuloth, aud Sunem,
  • 1 Sam 28:4 : 4 And the Philistines gathered together, and came, and pytched in Sunem: And Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pytched in Gilboa.
  • 1 Kgs 2:17-25 : 17 And he said: Speake I pray thee, vnto Solomo the king (for he wil not say thee nay) that he geue me Abisag the Sunamite to wyfe. 18 And Bethsabe sayd: Wel, I wil speake for thee vnto the king. 19 Bethsabe therfore went vnto king Solomon, to speake vnto him for Adonia: And the king rose vp to meete her, and bowed him selfe vnto her, and sate hym downe on his seate, & there was a seate set for the kinges mother, & she sate on his right syde. 20 Then she sayd: I desire a litle petition of thee, I pray thee say me not nay. And the king sayd vnto her: Aske on, my mother, for I wil not say thee nay. 21 She sayde: Let Abisag the Sunamite be geuen to Adonia thy brother to wyfe. 22 And king Solomon aunswered and sayde vnto his mother: Why doest thou aske Abisag the Sunamite for Adonia? aske for him the kingdome also: for he is myne elder brother, and hath for him Abiathar the priest, and Ioab the sonne of Zaruia. 23 Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying: God do so and so to me, if Adonia haue not spoken this worde against his owne lyfe. 24 Nowe therefore, as the Lorde lyueth, whiche hath ordeyned me, and set me on the seate of Dauid my father, and made me an house as he promised, Adonia shall dye this day. 25 And king Solomon sent by the hande of Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and he smote him that he died.
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisa came to Sunem, where was a great woman, that toke him in for to eate bread: And so it came to passe, that from that tyme foorth (as oft as he came that way) he turned in thyther to eate bread.
  • 2 Kgs 4:25 : 25 And so she went, and came vnto the man of God to mount Carmel: And it fortuned, that when the man of God sawe her farre of, he saide to Gehezi his seruaunt: Beholde, yonder is the Sunamite:
  • Esth 2:2 : 2 Then sayde the kinges seruauntes that ministred vnto hym: Let there be faire young virgins sought for the king,
  • Esth 2:4 : 4 And that the mayden which pleased the king, should be queene in Uasthis steede. And this pleased the king, and he did so.