1 Kings 1:4 (WEB)
The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and served him; but the king didn’t know her intimately.
Fathers and councils · 2
Cyril of Jerusalem
“But that you may learn more plainly that even a virgin is called in Holy Scripture a “damsel,” hear the Book of the Kings, speaking of Abishag the Shunamite, And the damsel was very fair: for that as a virgin she was chosen and brought to David is admitted.” — editor's note: 1 Kings i. 4. Cyril’s argument is fully justified by the actual usage of “Almah,” which certainly refers to unmarried women in Gen. xxiv. 43; Ex. ii. 8; Cant.…
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Jerome
“A girl is accordingly sought from the coasts of Israel—Abishag the Shunamite—to sleep with the king and warm his aged frame.” — editor's note: 1 Kings i. 1–4.
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