1 Kings 1:1
“Now King Dauid was olde, and striken in yeeres, and they couered him with clothes, but hee gate no heate.”
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1 Kings 1:1 Context
1Now King Dauid was olde, and striken in yeeres, and they couered him with clothes, but hee gate no heate. 2Wherefore his seruants said vnto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a yong virgin, and let her stand before the King, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosome, that my lord the King may get heate. 3So they sought for a faire damosel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the King.
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Now king David was old [and] stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
- King James Version
Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm.
- New American Standard Version (1995)