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OET (OET-RV) No OET-RV 1KI 1:3 verse available
OET-LV And_searched_for a_young_woman beautiful in/on/at/with_all the_territory of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_found DOM Abishag the_Shunammite and_brought DOM_her/it to_the_king.
UHB וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ נַעֲרָ֣ה יָפָ֔ה בְּכֹ֖ל גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ אֶת־אֲבִישַׁג֙ הַשּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔ית וַיָּבִ֥אוּ אֹתָ֖הּ לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ ‡
(vayəⱱaqshū naˊₐrāh yāfāh bəkol gəⱱūl yisrāʼēl vayyimʦəʼū ʼet-ʼₐⱱīshag hashshūnammiyt vayyāⱱiʼū ʼotāh lammelek.)
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ULT And they sought a beautiful young woman in all the territory of Israel. And they found Abishag the Shunammite and they brought her to the king.
UST The king gave them permission, so they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful young woman. They found a woman named Abishag, from the town of Shunem, and brought her to the king.
BSB § Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
OEB So they sought for a beautiful maiden throughout all the territory of Israel and found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
CSB They searched for a beautiful girl throughout the territory of Israel; they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
NLT So they searched throughout the land of Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag from Shunem and brought her to the king.
NIV Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
ESV So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
NASB So they searched for a beautiful girl throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
LSB So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
WEB So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
MSG (1-4)King David grew old. The years had caught up with him. Even though they piled blankets on him, he couldn’t keep warm. So his servants said to him, “We’re going to get a young virgin for our master the king to be at his side and look after him; she’ll get in bed with you and arouse our master the king.” So they searched the country of Israel for the most ravishing girl they could find; they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king. The girl was stunningly beautiful; she stayed at his side and looked after the king, but the king did not have sex with her.
NET So they looked through all Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
LSV And they seek [for] a beautiful young woman in all the border of Israel, and find Abishag the Shunammite, and bring her to the king,
FBV So they searched the whole country of Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag from the town of Shunem and took her to the king.
T4T The king gave them permission, so they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful young woman. They found a woman named Abishag, from Shunem town, and brought her to the king.
LEB So they sought a beautiful young woman in all the territory of Israel, and they found Abishag the Shunnamite and brought her to the king.
NRSV So they searched for a beautiful girl throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
NKJV So they sought for a lovely young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
NAB So they sought for a beautiful girl throughout the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunamite. So they brought her to the king.
BBE So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.
MOF No MOF 1KI book available
JPS So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
ASV So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
DRA So they sought a beautiful young woman in all the coasts of Israel, and they found Abisag a Sunamitess, and brought her to the king.
YLT And they seek a fair young woman in all the border of Israel, and find Abishag the Shunammite, and bring her in to the king,
DBY And they sought for a fair damsel throughout the territory of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
RV So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
WBS So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunamite, and brought her to the king.
KJB So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
BB And so they sought for a faire damosell throughout al the coastes of Israel, and founde one Abisag a Sunamite, and brought her to the king.
(And so they sought for a faire damosell throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found one Abisag a Sunamite, and brought her to the king.)
GNV So they sought for a faire young maide thoroughout all the coastes of Israel, and founde one Abishag a Shunamite, and brought her to the king.
(So they sought for a faire young maid thoroughout all the coasts of Israel, and found one Abishag a Shunamite, and brought her to the king. )
CB And they sought a fayre dasell, in all the coastes of Israel, and founde Abisag of Sunem, and brought her vnto ye kynge.
(And they sought a fayre dasell, in all the coasts of Israel, and found Abisag of Sunem, and brought her unto ye/you_all king.)
WYC Therfor thei souyten a yong wexyng virgyn, fair in alle the coostis of Israel; and thei founden Abisag of Sunam, and thei brouyten hir to the kyng.
(Therefore they sought a yong wexyng virgyn, fair in all the coasts of Israel; and they found Abisag of Sunam, and they brought her to the king.)
LUT Und sie suchten eine schöne Dirne in allen Grenzen Israels; und fanden Abisag von Sunem und brachten sie dem Könige.
(And they/she/them suchten one schöne Dirne in all Grenzen Israels; and fanden Abisag from Sunem and broughtn they/she/them to_him kinge.)
CLV Quæsierunt igitur adolescentulam speciosam in omnibus finibus Israël, et invenerunt Abisag Sunamitidem, et adduxerunt eam ad regem.
(Quæsierunt igitur adolescentulam speciosam in omnibus finibus Israël, and invenerunt Abisag Sunamitidem, and adduxerunt her to regem. )
BRN So they sought for a fair damsel out of all the coasts of Israel; and they found Abisag the Somanite, and they brought her to the king.
BrLXX Καὶ ἐζήτησαν νεάνιδα καλὴν ἐκ παντὸς ὁρίου Ἰσραήλ· καὶ εὗρον τὴν Ἀβισὰγ τὴν Σωμανίτιν, καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὴν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα.
(Kai ezaʸtaʸsan neanida kalaʸn ek pantos horiou Israaʸl; kai heuron taʸn Abisag taʸn Sōmanitin, kai aʸnegkan autaʸn pros ton basilea. )
1:1-3 At seventy years of age (2 Sam 5:4-5), David was feeble, perhaps because of years of warfare and stress. He needed a young person to impart warmth, a medical remedy also described in Josephus’s Antiquities and by the Greek physician Galen. David’s diminishing powers encouraged Adonijah’s attempts to take the throne.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ & וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ & וַיָּבִ֥אוּ
and,searched_for & and,found & and,brought
The pronoun they throughout this verse could refer to: (1) the people whom the servants were speaking about in the previous verse. Alternate translation: “And certain people sought … And they found … and they brought” (2) the servants who were speaking in the previous verse. Alternate translation: “And those servants sought … And they found … and they brought”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
בְּכֹ֖ל גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
in/on/at/with,all border Yisrael
The author says all here as an overstatement for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: “in most of the territory of Israel”
Note 3 topic: translate-names
אֲבִישַׁג֙
Abishag
The word Abishag is the name of a woman.
Note 4 topic: translate-names
הַשּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔ית
the,Shunammite
The word Shunammite refers to someone who is from the town of Shunem, which was in the hill country to the southwest of the Sea of Galilee. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer more directly to the town of Shunem. Alternate translation: “from Shunem”