Holy Scripture
1 Kings 1:2
A church father on this verse
“[The king] could get no warmth from blankets, because blankets cannot provide warmth by themselves; if you put them on stones or corpses, they certainly cannot warm them; but when there is heat emanating from the inside of our body, then they are useful and are an aid for us, because they imprison the heat, which come…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2And his servants said, Let them seek for the king a young virgin, and she shall wait on the king, and cherish him, and lie with him, and my lord the king shall be warmed.
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In context
1And King David was old and advanced in days, and they covered him with clothes, and he was not warmed.
— 1 Kings 1:2 —
3So they sought for a fair damsel out of all the coasts of Israel; and they found Abishag the Shunammite, and they brought her to the king.
4And the damsel was extremely beautiful, and she cherished the king, and ministered to him, but the king knew her not.