So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
Ver. 3. So they sought for a fair damsel.] The natural cause why they went this way to work rather than by wines, furs, &c., was quia ille calor humanus in substantia erat simillimus calori hominis naturali, eiusque gradum non superabat, saith Valesius: a because her heat would be likest to his in substance and degree. Virgins also have more natural heat than women who have had children.
a Sac. Theol, cap. 29. Gal., lib. 7. Method.