Abishag
Gender: Female
Years: -1015 - -1014
Dictionary Text: Father of error, a young woman of Shunem, distinguished for her beauty. She was chosen to minister to David in his old age. She became his wife,,. After David’s death Adonijah persuaded Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, to entreat the king to permit him to marry Abishag. Solomon suspected in this request an aspiration to the throne, and therefore caused him to be put to death.
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Verses
- 1 Kings 2:21: And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
- 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 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.
- 1 Kings 1:15: And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
- 1 Kings 2:22: 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.
