1 Reis 1:4

Almeida Revista e Corrigida

E era a moa sobremaneira formosa, e tinha cuidado do rei, e o servia; porm o rei no a conheceu.

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
E era a moa sobremaneira formosa; e tinha cuidado do rei, e o servia; porm o rei no a conheceu.

Almeida Revista e Atualizada
A jovem era sobremaneira formosa; cuidava do rei e o servia, porm o rei no a possuiu.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

knew her not: Matthew 1:25

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the damsel [was] very fair,.... And so very agreeable to the king to be in his presence, and wait upon him, and take things of her hand, as well as lie with him:

and cherished the king; enlivened his spirits by her amiable countenance, her graceful behaviour, and tender care of him, and especially by bedding with him:

and ministered to him; serving him with her own hands whatever he took for his sustenance:

but the king knew her not; as a man knows his wife; which shows that she was his wife, and that it would not have been criminal in him had he known her; but this is observed, not to point at the chastity of David, but his feebleness, and loss of desire after women, and that the damsel remained a virgin; and that was the ground of Adonijah's request, and his hope of succeeding.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 1:4. The king knew her not. — The maxim of Bacon in his enigmatical cure is, "Take all you can from the medicine, but give nothing to it; if you give any thing, it increases the disease and hastens death." I have seen this abundantly verified; but it is a subject on which it would be improper to dilate except in a medical work. An extract from Friar Bacon's Cure of Old Age may be found at the end of the chapter. 1 Kings 1:53.