Commentary for I Kings 1:2
וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣וֹ עֲבָדָ֗יו יְבַקְשׁ֞וּ לַאדֹנִ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ נַעֲרָ֣ה בְתוּלָ֔ה וְעָֽמְדָה֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וּתְהִי־ל֖וֹ סֹכֶ֑נֶת וְשָׁכְבָ֣ה בְחֵיקֶ֔ךָ וְחַ֖ם לַאדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
Wherefore his servants said unto him: ‘Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin; and let her stand before the king, and be a companion unto him; and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.’
Rashi on I Kings
Virgin girl. Her virginity warms her flesh.
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Ralbag on I Kings
And be a companion unto him: This means - guard the treasury. And this would be the reason that she could come to lie in his bosom and the man would not feel it.
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Rashi on I Kings
A warmer. “A warmer,”4Koheles 10:9. and similarly, “and he who chops wood will be warmed [יסכן] by them.”5Alternatively, סכנת means that she should be “near” to him.—Targum
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