1 Now King David was old, advanced in years. Though they covered him with clothes, he could not keep warm.
2 So his servants said to him: “Let them seek a young virgin for my lord the king, and let her attend the king and be his nurse; and let her lie by your side, so my lord the king may keep warm.”
3 So they sought for a beautiful girl throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
4 The girl was very beautiful. So she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king was not intimate with her.
5 Now Adonijah son of Haggith exalted himself, saying: “I’ll be king!” So he prepared for himself chariots, horsemen and 50 men to run before him.
6 His father had not scolded him at any time by asking: “Why have you behaved this way?” He was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.
7 So he conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the kohen. Following Adonijah, they supported him.