Abishag

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Abishag
     father of (i.e., "given to") error, a young woman of Shunem,
     distinguished for her beauty. She was chosen to minister to
     David in his old age. She became his wife (1 Kings 1:3,4,15).
     After David's death Adonijah persuaded Bathsheba, Solomon's
     mother, to entreat the king to permit him to marry Abishag.


     Solomon suspected in this request an aspiration to the throne,
     and therefore caused him to be put to death (1 Kings 2:17-25).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Abishag, ignorance of the father