Abishag
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abishag-179-330060
title:
Abishag
text:
In the Hebrew Bible, Abishag was a beautiful young woman of Shunem chosen to be a helper and servant to King David in his old age. Among Abishag's duties was to lie next to David and pass along her body heat and vigor because "they put covers on him, but he could not get warm". 1 Kings 1:4 notes that David did not engage in sexual intercourse with her. When brought to David, she was a na'arah, which indicates youth or virginity but not necessarily both. Nonetheless, there are elements of Jewish
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Biblical figure, servant to King David
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abishag
date created:
2002-08-07T07:34:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T21:44:58Z
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