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1st Kings Chapter 1 verse 15 Holy Bible

ASV 1stKings 1:15

And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering unto the king.
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BBE 1stKings 1:15

Then Bath-sheba went into the king's room; now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was waiting on him.
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DARBY 1stKings 1:15

And Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber; and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered to the king.
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KJV 1stKings 1:15

And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
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WBT 1stKings 1:15

And Bath-sheba went to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunamite ministered to the king.
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WEB 1stKings 1:15

Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.
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YLT 1stKings 1:15

And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto the king, to the inner chamber, and the king `is' very aged, and Abishag the Shunammite is serving the king:
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - And Bathsheba went In unto the king into the chamber [lit. inner chamber, θάλαμος, cubiculum penetrale, Buxtorf. Same word 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Samuel 13:10] and the king was very old [the repetition (see ver. 1) is not idle or unmeaning. Here the word refers to feebleness rather than age. It is mentioned to explain David's confinement to his chamber] and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. [This is introduced to show the king's helplessness. It does not prove that "there was a disinterested witness present" (Rawlinson), for she may have withdrawn, as Bathsheba did presently (ver. 23), and Nathan (ver. 32). It is a graphic touch, painted probably from the life, and by the hand of Nathan, from whom this narrative is derived.

Ellicott's Commentary