Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 1:3
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1 Kings1:3
3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel; and found Abishag a Shunammite , and brought her to the king.
Whose beauty might ingage his affections, and refresh his spirits, and invite him to those embraces which might communicate some of her Natural heat to him, as was designed.
Of the City of Shunem in Issachar, Ios. 19. 18. See 2 King. 4. 8.
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