#abishag

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(...) to select death, O yes I can believe that of my body.

Louise Glück, from Abishag (II) in “Poems 1962-2012″

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Phillip Medhurst presents 299/403 “David and Abishag” (1 Kings 1:3) drawing by James Tissot at the John Rylands Library; gouache on board by Louis de Parys after James Tissot Jewish Museum New York.

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The Perils of Procrastination

10 Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. 11 And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 12 So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established. 13 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, “Do you…

[sodidjoballdays]

And so they searched for a beautiful young woman all throughout the territory of Israel, and they found Abishag the Shunamite, and they brought her to the king.

The young woman was very beautiful, and she cared for the king.

She served the king, but he did not have intimate relations with her.

Kings 1:3-4

Artwork: Pedro AMérico, David and Abisag

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Facing Death (1 Kings 1:1-30)

Death is not a problem to be solved, an opportunity to be seized, or a difficulty to be negotiated.

Mural of King David, in the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles King David was now a very old man, and although his servants covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm. So his officials said to him, “Your Majesty, let us find a young woman to stay with you and take care of you. She will lie close to you and keep you warm.”  A search was made all over Israel for a beautiful young…

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abishag, louise glück