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So his servants said to him, ‘We will look for a young woman who has never had sex, for you, our master the king. She can take care of you and she can be your nurse. She can also sleep beside you, so that our master the king will be warm.’

So they looked through all the land of Israel for a beautiful young woman. They chose Abishag, who lived in Shunem.[a] They brought her to the king. She was very beautiful. She took care of the king as his servant. But the king did not have sex with her.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:3 Shunem was a town near the Sea of Galilee.