2+Kings

KINGS 2 This book is from the old testament!!! Other than books like the chronicles this story is a much more reliable piece of history........ During his old age, David spends his nights with a woman appointed for the purpose of keeping him warm. Adonijah, a son of David, gathers attendants and persuades Joab and Abiathar to support his claim to be David's heir. Opposed to this are Zadok, Benaiah, Nathan, and Shimei, as well as the army generals, who favour Solomon, another son of David. Adonijah invites his supporters, neutral court officials, and his other brothers excepting Solomon, to the Zoheleth stone. Nathan persuades Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon, to trick David into announcing that Solomon is his heir.
 * Abishag** - a young woman of Shunem, distinguished for her beauty. She was chosen to be a helper and servant to David in his old age. Among Abishag's jobs was to lie next to David and keep him warm; however, David did not have sexual relations with her due to the fact that he already had eighteen wives (the maximum amount of wives allowed to a Jewish king)[[image:http://www.gifs.net/Animation11/Religious/Christian/Bible_open.gif width="152" height="108" caption="Bible_open.gif - (9K)"]]