1 Kings 1:1 · KJV
“Now king David was old {and} stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. {stricken...: Heb. entered into days}”
— 1 Kings 1:1
1 Kings 1 — Context
Now king David was old {and} stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. {stricken...: Heb. entered into days}
2Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. {Let there...: Heb. Let them seek} {a young...: Heb. a damsel, a virgin} {cherish...: Heb. be a cherisher unto him}
3So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
Cross References
Joshua 23:1-2
And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old {and} stricken in age. {stricken...: Heb. come into days}
1 Chronicles 29:27-28
And the time that he reigned over Israel {was} forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three {years} reigned he in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 23:1
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
Psalms 90:10
The days of our years {are} threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength {they be} fourscore years, yet {is} their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. {The days...: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years}
2 Samuel 5:4
David {was} thirty years old when he began to reign, {and} he reigned forty years.
Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah {were} old {and} well stricken in age; {and} it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Genesis 24:1
And Abraham was old, {and} well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. {well...: Heb. gone into days}
Luke 1:7
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were {now} well stricken in years.