And the damsel [was] very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
Ver. 4. And the damsel was very fair.] And therefore lovely, οττι καλον φιλον εστι, and fitter for the purpose.
But the king knew her not.] Utpote frigidus et inhabilis ad generandum; neither would it have been for his health, as the case then stood.