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1Ki 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Abishag		1Ki 1:2-4; 2Sa 3:7; 2Sa 12:8

Correlating Passages

Abishag

	1Ki 1:2	Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
	1Ki 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.
	1Ki 1:4	And the damsel [was] very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
	2Sa 3:7	And Saul had a concubine, whose name [was] Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?
	2Sa 12:8	And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if [that had been] too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 2:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Ki/2/17.html>.

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