1 Kings 1:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

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  • Josh 19:18 : 18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
  • 1 Sam 28:4 : 4 The Philistines assembled and camped in Shunem, and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they camped in Gilboa.
  • 1 Kgs 2:17-25 : 17 And he said, Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, that he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife. 18 And Bathsheba said, Very well; I will speak for you to the king. 19 Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and had a seat set for the king's mother; and she sat at his right hand. 20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of you; please do not deny me. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not refuse you. 21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife. 22 And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother—for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 23 Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life. 24 Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today. 25 And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him and he died.
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 And it happened one day, that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
  • 2 Kgs 4:25 : 25 So she went and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
  • Esth 2:2 : 2 Then the king's servants who served him said, "Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king."
  • Esth 2:4 : 4 And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:1-2
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    1Now King David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gained no warmth.

    2Therefore his servants said to him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin, and let her stand before the king and care for him, and let her lie in your arms, that my lord the king may gain warmth.

  • 1 Kgs 1:4-5
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    4And the young woman was very beautiful, and she cared for the king and served him, but the king did not know her intimately.

    5Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

  • 1 Kgs 1:13-16
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    81%

    13Go and approach King David, and say to him, Did you not, my lord, O king, swear to your servant, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?

    14Behold, while you yet speak there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.

    15And Bathsheba went to the king into the chamber; and the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.

    16And Bathsheba bowed and did homage to the king. And the king said, What do you wish?

  • 1 Kgs 2:16-18
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    16And now I ask one request of you, do not deny me. And she said unto him, Speak on.

    17And he said, Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, that he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.

    18And Bathsheba said, Very well; I will speak for you to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 2:21-22
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    21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.

    22And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother—for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

  • Esth 2:2-3
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    2Then the king's servants who served him said, "Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king."

    3And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, under the custody of Hegai the king's eunuch, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them.

  • 1 Sam 25:40
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    40And when the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David sent us to you, to take you to him as a wife.

  • 2 Sam 11:2-3
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    2And it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.

    3So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

  • Esth 1:11
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    11To bring Queen Vashti before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty, for she was fair to look upon.

  • 1 Kgs 1:27-28
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    27Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown it to your servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

    28Then King David answered and said, Call Bathsheba to me. And she came into the king's presence and stood before the king.

  • 2 Sam 3:17
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    17And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, You sought for David in times past to be king over you.

  • 2 Sam 3:6-7
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    6And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.

    7And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?

  • Esth 2:9
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    9And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, suitable to be given to her, from the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids to the best place of the house of the women.

  • 1 Kgs 1:19-20
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    19And he has sacrificed oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but Solomon your servant he has not called.

    20And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

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    27And to Absalom were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful appearance.

  • 1 Sam 16:12
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    12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and with a beautiful countenance, and good to look upon. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
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    32And King David said, Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada to me. And they came before the king.

  • 2 Kgs 4:12
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    12And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

  • Judg 21:12
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    12And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known a man by lying with any male; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

  • 1 Sam 25:42
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    42And Abigail hurried and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five maids accompanying her; so she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.

  • Gen 24:16
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    16Now the young woman was very fair to look upon, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.

  • 2 Sam 14:25
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    25But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

  • Song 3:7
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    7Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; sixty valiant men are around it, of the valiant of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 2:29
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    29And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.

  • Esth 2:13-15
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    13Then thus came every maiden to the king; whatever she desired was given to her to go with her from the house of the women to the king's house.

    14In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, under the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines: she came to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.

    15Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she requested nothing but what Hegai the king's eunuch, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all who looked upon her.

  • 2 Sam 3:10
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    10To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.

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    13And he said, Well; I will make a league with you. But one thing I require of you, and that is, You shall not see my face, except you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.

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  • Song 3:11
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    11Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and behold King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his marriage, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

  • 2 Kgs 4:25
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    25So she went and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: