1 When King David was old and advanced in years, though they covered him with blankets he could not get warm.
2 His servants therefore said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought to attend my lord the king, and to nurse him. If she sleeps with you, my lord the king will be warm.”
3 So they sought for a beautiful girl throughout the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunamite. So they brought her to the king.
4 The girl was very beautiful indeed, and she nursed the king and took care of him. But the king did not have relations with her.