And the day came that he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay down there.

When the child was grown, it happened one day that he went out to his father, to the reapers.

And he said to Gehazi his servant, Summon this Shunammite. And when he had summoned her, she stood before him.

And their territory went to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, Shunem,

And the Philistines gathered together, and came and encamped at Shunem. So Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped at Gilboa.

So they sought for a beautiful girl throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years old. And he had sustained the king while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.

Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.

Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged always discern justice.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

And the old man said, Peace to you! However, let all your needs be upon me; only do not spend the night in the open place.

With great persuasion she influences him; with her seductive lips she moves him.

Then the master said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

But they constrained Him, saying, Stay with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And He went in to stay with them.

And when she and her household were immersed, she begged us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay. So she persuaded us.