1 Kings 1:1

Now King David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

In Context

2Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king. Let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.”

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Cross References

Genesis 24:1Abraham was old, and well advanced in age. The LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

Joshua 23:1After many days, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,

2 Samuel 5:4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

1 Chronicles 23:1Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

Psalms 90:10The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labour and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

Luke 1:7But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

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