1 Kings 1:4

Contextual Overview

¹When King David was old and well advanced in years, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. ¹ When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. ¹Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm. ¹ Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm. ¹ And king Dauid was olde and stricken in yeres, so that whe they couered him with clothes, he caught no heate. ¹ And King David was old, going into days. And they covered him with garments, for he had no heat. ¹ King David was very old and could not keep warm. His servants covered him with blankets, but he was still cold. ¹ Now King David was old and advanced in years; and although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. ¹ Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat. ¹ Now King Dauid was olde, and striken in yeeres, and they couered him with clothes, but hee gate no heate.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

knew her not: Matthew 1:25

Cross-References

Genesis 1:10
God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:10
God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:10
And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:10
And God called the drie lande ye earth, and the gatheryng together of waters called he the seas: and God sawe that it was good.

Genesis 1:10
God named the dry land "earth," and he named the water that was gathered together "seas." And God saw that this was good.

Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:10
And God clepide the drie place, erthe; and he clepide the gadryngis togidere of watris, the sees. And God seiy that it was good;

Genesis 1:10
And God called the drie land, Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called hee, Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:10
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the damsel [was] very fair,.... And so very agreeable to the king to be in his presence, and wait upon him, and take things of her hand, as well as lie with him:

and cherished the king; enlivened his spirits by her amiable countenance, her graceful behaviour, and tender care of him, and especially by bedding with him:

and ministered to him; serving him with her own hands whatever he took for his sustenance:

but the king knew her not; as a man knows his wife; which shows that she was his wife, and that it would not have been criminal in him had he known her; but this is observed, not to point at the chastity of David, but his feebleness, and loss of desire after women, and that the damsel remained a virgin; and that was the ground of Adonijah's request, and his hope of succeeding.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 1:4. The king knew her not. — The maxim of Bacon in his enigmatical cure is, "Take all you can from the medicine, but give nothing to it; if you give any thing, it increases the disease and hastens death." I have seen this abundantly verified; but it is a subject on which it would be improper to dilate except in a medical work. An extract from Friar Bacon's Cure of Old Age may be found at the end of the chapter. 1 Kings 1:53.