Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So they sought a beautiful young woman, in all the coasts of Israel and they found Abisag, a Sunamitess, and brought her to the king. So Esther 2:2,4 And the king's servants and his officers said: Let young women be sought for the king, virgins and beautiful, . . . Abishag 1 Kings 2:17-15 And he said I pray thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag, the Sunamitess, to wife. . . . Shunammite Joshua 19:18 And his inheritance was Jezrael and Casaloth and Sunem, 1 Samuel 28:4 And the Philistines were gathered together, and came and encamped in Sunam: and Saul also gathered together all Israel, and came to Gelboe. 2 Kings 4:8,25 And there was a day when Eliseus passed by Sunam: now there was a great woman there, who detained him to eat bread: and as he passed often that way, he turned into her house to eat bread. . . . Context Abishag Cares for David…2His servants therefore, said to him: Let us seek for our Lord the king, a young virgin, and let her stand before the king, and cherish him, and sleep in his bosom and warm our lord the king. 3So they sought a beautiful young woman, in all the coasts of Israel and they found Abisag, a Sunamitess, and brought her to the king.4And the damsel was exceedingly beautiful, and she slept with the king, and served him, but the king did not know her.… Cross References Joshua 19:18 And his inheritance was Jezrael and Casaloth and Sunem, 1 Samuel 28:4 And the Philistines were gathered together, and came and encamped in Sunam: and Saul also gathered together all Israel, and came to Gelboe. 1 Kings 1:2 His servants therefore, said to him: Let us seek for our Lord the king, a young virgin, and let her stand before the king, and cherish him, and sleep in his bosom and warm our lord the king. 1 Kings 1:4 And the damsel was exceedingly beautiful, and she slept with the king, and served him, but the king did not know her. 1 Kings 2:17 And he said I pray thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag, the Sunamitess, to wife. 1 Kings 2:21 And she said: Let Abisag, the Sunamitess, be given to Adonias, thy brother, to wife. Lexicon Then they searchedוַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (way·ḇaq·šū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1245: To search out, to strive after throughout בְּכֹ֖ל (bə·ḵōl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc for a beautiful יָפָ֔ה (yā·p̄āh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3303: Fair, beautiful girl, נַעֲרָ֣ה (na·‘ă·rāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5291: A girl, maiden and they found וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ (way·yim·ṣə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present Abishag אֲבִישַׁג֙ (’ă·ḇî·šaḡ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 49: Abishag -- 'my father is a wanderer', an Israelite woman the Shunammite הַשּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔ית (haš·šū·nam·mîṯ) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7767: Shunammite -- a Shunammitess and brought וַיָּבִ֥אוּ (way·yā·ḇi·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go her אֹתָ֖הּ (’ō·ṯāh) Direct object marker | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case to the king. לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (lam·me·leḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king Additional Translations Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. So they sought for a fair damsel out of all the coasts of Israel; and they found Abisag the Somanite, and they brought her to the king. And they sought for a fair damsel throughout the territory of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunamite, and brought her to the king. So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. And they seek a fair young woman in all the border of Israel, and find Abishag the Shunammite, and bring her in to the king, Jump to Previous Abishag Ab'ishag Beautiful Borders Coasts Damsel Fair Find Found Girl Israel Lady Maiden Searched Searching Seek Shunamite Shunammite Shu'nammite Sought Territory Throughout YoungJump to Next Abishag Ab'ishag Beautiful Borders Coasts Damsel Fair Find Found Girl Israel Lady Maiden Searched Searching Seek Shunamite Shunammite Shu'nammite Sought Territory Throughout YoungExternal Links 1 Kings 1:3 NIV1 Kings 1:3 NLT 1 Kings 1:3 ESV 1 Kings 1:3 NASB 1 Kings 1:3 ASV 1 Kings 1:3 Bible Apps 1 Kings 1:3 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 1:3 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 1:3 French Bible 1 Kings 1:3 German Bible Alphabetical: a Abishag all and beautiful brought for found girl her Israel king of searched Shunammite So territory the Then they throughout to OT History: 1 Kings 1:3 So they sought for a beautiful young (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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