1 Kings 1:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

A fair damsel; whose beauty might engage his affections, and refresh his spirits, and invite him to those embraces which might communicate some of her natural heat to him, as was designed. A Shunammite, of the city of Shunem in Issachar, Joshua 19:18. See 2 Kings 4:8.

1 Kings 1:3

3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.