15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

Other Translations of 1 Kings 1:15

New International Version

15 So Bathsheba went to see the aged king in his room, where Abishag the Shunammite was attending him.

English Standard Version

15 So Bathsheba went to the king in his chamber (now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending to the king).

The Message

15 Bathsheba went at once to the king in his palace bedroom. He was so old! Abishag was at his side making him comfortable.

New King James Version

15 So Bathsheba went into the chamber to the king. (Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

New Living Translation

15 So Bathsheba went into the king's bedroom. (He was very old now, and Abishag was taking care of him.)

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 1:15

Commentary on 1 Kings 1:11-31

(Read 1 Kings 1:11-31)

Observe Nathan's address to Bathsheba. Let me give thee counsel how to save thy own life, and the life of thy son. Such as this is the counsel Christ's ministers give us in his name, to give all diligence, not only that no man take our crown, Revelation 3:11, but that we save our lives, even the lives of our souls. David made a solemn declaration of his firm cleaving to his former resolution, that Solomon should be his successor. Even the recollection of the distresses from which the Lord redeemed him, increased his comfort, inspired his hopes, and animated him to his duty, under the decays of nature and the approach of death.