3 They searched for a beautiful girl throughout the territory of Israel; they found Abishag(A) the Shunammite(a)(B) and brought her to the king. 4 The girl was of unsurpassed beauty,(C) and she became the king’s caregiver. She served him, but he was not intimate with(b) her.

Footnotes:

a. 1 Kings 1:3: Shunem was a town in the hill country of Issachar at the foot of Mt. Moreh; Jos 19:17-18.
b. 1 Kings 1:4: Lit he did not know

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