Avishag
by Yael Lotan
Category: Fiction

Of the scant female biblical characters, few are as intriguing as Avishag the Shunammite: a young girl brought from the obscurity to the court of aged King David, to warm the King's bed and stir his aged blood. As the sons of David- Adonijah the Judean and Solomon the Wise, - stake their claims, it is Avishag who will play the decisive role in the bloodly rivalry for the succession.