2 Therefore, his servants said to him: 'Let us seek, for our lord the king, a young virgin. And let her stand before the king, and warm him, and sleep in his bosom, and provide warmth for our lord the king.'
3 And so they sought a beautiful young woman in all the parts of Israel. And they found Abishag, a Shunammite, and they led her to the king.
4 Now the girl was exceedingly beautiful. And she slept with the king, and she ministered to him. Yet truly, the king did not know her.
5 Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, exalted himself, saying, 'I shall reign!' And he appointed for himself chariots and horsemen, with fifty men who would run before him.
6 Neither did his father chastise him at any time, saying, 'Why have you done this?' Now he, too, was very beautiful, the second in birth, after Absalom.
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