1 Kings 1:3
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
KJV
Quæsierunt igitur adolescentulam speciosam in omnibus finibus Israël, et invenerunt Abisag Sunamitidem, et adduxerunt eam ad regem.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐζήτησαν νεάνιδα καλὴν ἐκ παντὸς ὁρίου Ἰσραήλ· καὶ εὗρον τὴν Ἀβεισὰ τὴν Σωμανεῖτιν, καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὴν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα.
LXX
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
ASV
וַ/יְבַקְשׁוּ֙ נַעֲרָ֣ה יָפָ֔ה בְּ/כֹ֖ל גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽ/יִּמְצְא֗וּ אֶת אֲבִישַׁג֙ הַ/שּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔ית וַ/יָּבִ֥אוּ אֹתָ֖/הּ לַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 28:4 — And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
- 2Kgs 4:8 — And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
- 2Kgs 4:8 — And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
- Esth 2:2 — Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
- Esth 2:4 — And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
- Josh 19:18 — And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,