1 Kings 1:2
So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
Note Let there…: Heb. Let them seek
Note a young…: Heb. a damsel, a virgin
Note cherish…: Heb. be a cherisher unto him
Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king. Let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.”
Wherefore his servants said unto 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 thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Let there be sought
- Heb. Let them seek. a young virgin. Heb. a damsel, a virgin. stand.
- Deuteronomy 10:8; 1 Samuel 16:21, 22; 2 Chronicles 29:11
- cherish him
- Heb. be a cherisher unto him. lie.
- Genesis 16:5; Deuteronomy 13:6; 2 Samuel 12:3; Micah 7:5
- get heat
- Ecclesiastes 4:11