Abishag אֲבִישַׁג

Abishag, the beautiful Shunammite who served King David in his old age and was later sought as a wife by Adonijah.

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Where Abishag appears

1 Kings (5)

Key verses

• 1 Kings 1:3 first mention — So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
• 1 Kings 1:15 — And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
• 1 Kings 2:17 — And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
• 1 Kings 2:21 — And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
• 1 Kings 2:22 — And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.