1 Kings 1:2 meaning and explanation
So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
1 Kings 1:2, Berean Standard Bible
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David is now elderly and cannot stay warm, so his servants propose finding a young woman to serve as his attendant and bed companion. The Hebrew word rendered "young virgin" is betulah, and the text is careful to say the arrangement was not sexual.
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