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1 Kings 1:

1When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. 2So his attendants said to him, “Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.”

What about David's wives and concubines? Couldn't, e.g., Bathsheba keep David warm?

Why young virgin? Wouldn't a fat or chubby woman do a better job?

3 Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4The woman was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no sexual relations with her.

Did beauty keep David warm? Was there an ulterior motive here? Couldn't he raise the ambient temperature of his bedroom by burning more wood? Was this just David's excuse to get a beautiful young virgin to literally lie beside him? Wasn't that a sin?

1 Kings 1:

1When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. 2So his attendants said to him, “Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.”

What about David's wives and concubines? Couldn't, e.g., Bathsheba keep David warm?

Why young virgin? Wouldn't a fat or chubby woman do a better job?

3 Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4The woman was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no sexual relations with her.

Did beauty keep David warm? Was there an ulterior motive here? Couldn't he raise the ambient temperature of his bedroom by burning more wood? Was this just David's excuse to get a beautiful young virgin to literally lie beside him?

1 Kings 1:

1When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. 2So his attendants said to him, “Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.”

What about David's wives and concubines? Couldn't, e.g., Bathsheba keep David warm?

Why young virgin? Wouldn't a fat or chubby woman do a better job?

3 Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4The woman was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no sexual relations with her.

Did beauty keep David warm? Was there an ulterior motive here? Couldn't he raise the ambient temperature of his bedroom by burning more wood? Was this just David's excuse to get a beautiful young virgin to literally lie beside him? Wasn't that a sin?

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How could a beautiful young virgin keep David warm physically?

1 Kings 1:

1When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. 2So his attendants said to him, “Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.”

What about David's wives and concubines? Couldn't, e.g., Bathsheba keep David warm?

Why young virgin? Wouldn't a fat or chubby woman do a better job?

3 Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4The woman was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no sexual relations with her.

Did beauty keep David warm? Was there an ulterior motive here? Couldn't he raise the ambient temperature of his bedroom by burning more wood? Was this just David's excuse to get a beautiful young virgin to literally lie beside him?