And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
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Gill's Exposition
And the damsel was very fair,.... And so very agreeable to the king to be in his presence, and wait upon him, and take things of her hand, as well as lie with him:
and cherished the king; enlivened…
Adam Clarke
The king knew her not - The maxim of Bacon in his enigmatical cure is, "Take all you can from the medicine, but give nothing to it; if you give any thing, it increases the disease and hastens death."…
David, as recorded in the foregoing chapter, had, by the great mercy of God, escaped the sword of the destroying angel. But our deliverances from or through diseases and dangers are but reprieves; if…
Cambridge Bible
cherished the king Being always at hand to perform, as his nurse, such duties as the weak condition of king David needed.
knew her not These words seem added to explain how it came to pass that…