1 Kings 1:2

World English Bible (2000)

Therefore 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 cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm."

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  • Gen 16:5 : 5 Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you."
  • Deut 10:8 : 8 At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
  • Deut 13:6 : 6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
  • 1 Sam 16:21-22 : 21 David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer. 22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight."
  • 2 Sam 12:3 : 3 but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.
  • 2 Chr 29:11 : 11 My sons, don't be negligent now; for Yahweh has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and that you should be his ministers, and burn incense."
  • Eccl 4:11 : 11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
  • Mic 7:5 : 5 Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 1:3-4
    2 verses
    90%

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

    4 The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king didn't know her intimately.

  • 1 Kgs 1:1
    88%

    1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn't keep warm.

  • 1 Kgs 1:11-16
    6 verses
    83%

    11 Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, "Haven't you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn't know it?

    12 Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.

    13 Go in to king David, and tell him, 'Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?'

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

    15 Bathsheba went in to the king into the room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.

    16 Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, "What would you like?"

  • 1 Kgs 2:16-22
    7 verses
    77%

    16 Now I ask one petition of you. Don't deny me." She said to him, "Say on."

    17 He said, "Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you 'no'), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife."

    18 Bathsheba said, "Alright. I will speak for you to the king."

    19 Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

    20 Then she said, "I ask one small petition of you; don't deny me." The king said to her, "Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you."

    21 She said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife."

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

  • Esth 2:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

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

    3 Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to the citadel of Susa, to the women's house, to the custody of Hegai the king's eunuch, keeper of the women. Let cosmetics be given them;

  • 1 Kgs 1:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

    28 Then king David answered, "Call to me Bathsheba." She came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

  • 2 Sam 12:24
    69%

    24 David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;

  • 1 Sam 25:40-41
    2 verses
    69%

    40 When the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife."

    41 She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, "Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord."

  • 1 Kgs 1:31-32
    2 verses
    69%

    31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever!"

    32 King David said, "Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada." They came before the king.

  • Esth 2:9
    69%

    9 The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him. He quickly gave her cosmetics and her portions of food, and the seven choice maidens who were to be given her out of the king's house. He moved her and her maidens to the best place in the women's house.

  • 1 Kgs 1:47
    69%

    47 Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;' and the king bowed himself on the bed.

  • 2 Sam 15:15
    69%

    15 The king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses."

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
    68%

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

  • 2 Sam 11:2-4
    3 verses
    68%

    2 It happened at evening, that David arose from off 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 look on.

    3 David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"

    4 David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.

  • 1 Sam 18:22
    68%

    22 Saul commanded his servants, "Talk with David secretly, and say, 'Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.'"

  • Esth 2:13-15
    3 verses
    68%

    13 The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the women's house to the king's house.

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

    15 Now 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 required nothing but what Hegai the king's eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.

  • 2 Sam 14:15-17
    3 verses
    68%

    15 Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, 'I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.'

    16 For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

    17 Then your handmaid said, 'Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.'"

  • 1 Sam 19:15
    67%

    15 Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him."

  • Esth 1:11
    67%

    11 to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was beautiful.

  • 2 Sam 20:3
    67%

    3 David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn't go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

  • 2 Sam 16:22
    67%

    22 So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    67%

    1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

  • 1 Sam 25:8
    67%

    8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore, let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.'"

  • 2 Sam 13:24
    67%

    24 Absalom came to the king, and said, "See now, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant."

  • Ruth 3:4
    67%

    4 It shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lay down; then he will tell you what you shall do."

  • 1 Sam 22:14
    67%

    14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, "Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?

  • 1 Kgs 2:7
    67%

    7 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

  • 2 Chr 2:15
    67%

    15 "Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants: