1 Kings 1:4

Contextual Overview

¹ Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat. ¹ King David was now very old, and no matter how many blankets covered him, he could not keep warm. ¹ Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. ¹ At this time King David was very old, and although his servants covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm. ¹ King David was very old; even when they covered him with blankets, he could not get warm. ¹ Now king David was old [and] advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat. ¹ Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat. ¹Now King David was old, advanced in years; they covered him with clothes, but he could not get warm. ¹ Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. ¹ And kyng Dauid wax eld, and hadde ful many daies of age; and whanne he was hilid with clothis, he was not maad hoot.

Bible Verse Review
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knew her not: Matthew 1:25

Cross-References

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

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

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

Genesis 1:10
And God called the dry [land] Earth, and the collection of waters he called Seas: and God saw that it [was] good.

Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. 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 this was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it.

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 calleth to the dry land `Earth,' and to the collection of the waters He hath called `Seas;' and God seeth that [it is] good.

Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering of waters He called "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.