1 Kings 1:15

And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber. And the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto him.

1 Kings 1:1

When king David was waxen old and stricken in years, though they covered him with clothes, yet he caught no heat.

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

Very old

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Very old

1 Kings 1:2
Wherefore his servants said unto him, "Let there be sought for my lord the king a young maiden to wait upon him and to cherish him. And let her lie in his bosom, that my lord the king may get heat."

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Proverbs 4:3
For when I myself was my father's dear son, and tenderly beloved of my mother,