Kings I 1:15

15 And Anna answered and said, Nay, my lord, in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before the Lord.

Kings I 1:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:15

And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber
Where he lay, being bedridden; she took Nathan's advice, and directly went to the king's apartment:

and the king was very old:
and decrepit, borne down with the infirmities of old age, though but seventy years of age:

and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king;
she was then waiting upon the king, and serving him with what was necessary and proper for him; and perhaps there was no other in the chamber at that time.

Kings I 1:15 In-Context

13 And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Heli accounted her a drunken woman.

14 And the servant of Heli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? take away thy wine from thee, and go out from the presence of the Lord.

15 And Anna answered and said, Nay, my lord, in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before the Lord.

16 Count not thy handmaid for a pestilent woman, for by reason of the abundance of my importunity I have continued until now.

17 And Heli answered and said to her, Go in peace: the God of Israel give thee all thy petition, which thou hast asked of him.

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