1. Now king David was old, and advanced in years: and when he was covered with clothes, he was not warm.
2. His servants therefore said to him: Let us seek for our lord the king, a young virgin, and let her stand before the king, and cherish him, and sleep in his bosom, and warm our lord the king.
3. So they sought a beautiful young woman in all the coasts of Israel, and they found Abisag a Sunamitess, and brought her to the king.
4. And the damsel was exceeding beautiful, and she slept with the king: and served him, but the king did not know her.