Ecclesiastes 4:11

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Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?

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  • 1 Kgs 1:1-4 : 1 King David had grown old, and he was advanced in age. Though they covered him with blankets, he could not stay warm. 2 So his servants said to him, "Let us search for a young virgin to attend to my lord the king. She will care for the king and lie beside him to keep him warm." 3 They searched throughout the land of Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite. They brought her to the king. 4 The young woman was very beautiful, and she cared for the king and served him, but the king had no intimate relations with her.

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