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Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be found for my lord the king, and let her stand before the king and care for him, and let her lie by your side so that my lord the king may keep warm.”

So they searched for a beautiful young woman throughout the land of Israel and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. She was very beautiful and cared for the king and ministered to him, but the king did not know her intimately.

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