(NIV)
Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
(ESV)
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.
(NIV)
So Bathsheba went to see the aged king in his room, where Abishag the Shunammite was attending him.
(ESV)
So
Bathsheba went to the
king in his
chamber (now the
king was
very old, and
Abishag the
Shunammite was
attending to the
king).
(NIV)
So he continued, ‘Please ask King Solomon – he will not refuse you – to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.’
(ESV)
And he
said, “
Please ask King Solomon—
he will
not refuse you—to
give me
Abishag the
Shunammite as my
wife.”
(NIV)
So she said, ‘Let Abishag the Shunammite be given in marriage to your brother Adonijah.’
(ESV)
She
said, “Let
Abishag the
Shunammite be
given to
Adonijah your
brother as his
wife.”
(NIV)
King Solomon answered his mother, ‘Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well request the kingdom for him – after all, he is my older brother – yes, for him and for Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah!’
(ESV)
King Solomon answered his
mother, “And
why do
you ask Abishag the
Shunammite for
Adonijah?
Ask for him the
kingdom also, for he is my
older brother, and on his side are
Abiathar the
priest and
Joab the
son of
Zeruiah.”
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