Now David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, [Blankets,] but [poor circulation] he gat no heat.

He’s just cold, he’s just, poor circulation. The body would not warm up.

Therefore his servants said unto him, Let us seek for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in his bosom, that my lord the king may be warm (1:1-2).

“So let’s find a beautiful young girl. She can minister to you, and feed you your food, and then she can lie close to you so that her body heat can warm you.”

So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and they found Abishai a Shunammite. And she was very beautiful, and she cherished the king, and ministered to him: [Or served him.] but the king knew her not.

That is he did not have intimate relationship with her. Though she did become sort of a wife, or part of the harem.

Then Adonijah

And that really is a very beautiful name. Adoni, in Hebrew is Lord, and Yaw, is Jehovah. So, really the name is Jehovah is my Lord. Beautiful name. Adonijah.

who was the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. [Much as did, Absalom, earlier.] And his father had not displeased him at any time saying, Why are you doing this [Or why have you done that?]

David never did ask that question that every parent usually asks his kid, when he’s done something wrong. “Why did you do that son?”, he never did displease his son. David was an extremely poor disciplinarian in his own home. Had trouble as a result. And interesting that Solomon later writes about it. He writes about discipline within the home. “A child left to himself will bring reproach to his parents.” He saw that in his own household. He saw that with his brothers. Brothers not corrected at any time, and he saw that the problems that they brought to the parents. He said, “The iniquity of the world is bound in the heart of the child, but the switch drives it from them”. In other words, he says, “Go ahead and if you spare the rod, you’re gonna spoil your child”. He talks about disciplining, because he saw the results of the lack of discipline, in his own home. Because David was a very poor disciplinarian.