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1 Kings 1:3-4
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3 So they looked through all Israel[a] for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4 The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king was not intimate with her.[b]

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  1. 1 Kings 1:3 tn Heb “through all the territory of Israel.”
  2. 1 Kings 1:4 tn Heb “did not know her.” The verb יָדַע (yadaʿ, “to know”) is a euphemism for sexual relations.
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