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1 Kings 1:1-2
Revised Standard Version
1 Kings 1:1-2
Revised Standard Version
The Struggle for the Succession
1 Now King David was old and advanced in years; and although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. 2 Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young maiden be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait upon the king, and be his nurse; let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may be warm.”
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