SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:4
Y la joven era muy hermosa, la cual calentaba al rey, y le servía; mas el rey nunca la conoció.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:4
Verse 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.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 4. And the damsel [was] very fair , etc.] 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.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-4 - We have David sinking under infirmities. He was chastised for his recent sins, and felt the effects of his former toils and hardships.
Original Hebrew
והנערה 5291 יפה 3303 עד 5704 מאד 3966 ותהי 1961 למלך 4428 סכנת 5532 ותשׁרתהו 8334 והמלך 4428 לא 3808 ידעה׃ 3045
