מלכים א
I Kings
Solomon, the Temple, and a kingdom splitting in two.
The opening
וְהַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִד זָקֵן בָּא בַּיָּמִים וַיְכַסֻּהוּ בַּבְּגָדִים וְלֹא יִחַם לֽוֹ׃
Dovid was old, advanced in years, and they covered him with clothes, but he was not warmed.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ עֲבָדָיו יְבַקְשׁוּ לַאדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ נַעֲרָה בְתוּלָה וְעָֽמְדָה לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וּתְהִי־לוֹ סֹכֶנֶת וְשָׁכְבָה בְחֵיקֶךָ וְחַם לַאדֹנִי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
And his servants said to him, “Let them seek for my lord, the king, a young, virgin girl, and she will stand in the king’s presence, and she will be for him a warmer. She will lie in your lap and it will be warm for my lord, the king.”
Translation
- The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.JMetsudah Publications, Lakewood N.J.A linear translation, made to be read beside the Hebrew.CC-BY
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