这篇文章包含来自公有领域的1897年版本《伊斯顿的圣经词典》部分内容。

亚比煞是一名书念（Shunem）女子，以美貌着称。她被选为大卫年老时的侍女，其职责是“照料王，睡在王的怀中”，使他得温暖；不过年老体弱的大卫没有与她发生性关系（列王纪上1:4）。大卫死后，亚多尼雅说服所罗门的母亲拔示巴，劝说所罗门将亚比煞给他为妻。所罗门怀疑这一要求中包含对王位的觊觎，因此将其处死（列王纪上2:17-25）。亚比煞可能被所罗门继承，成为他的妻妾之一。亚比煞可能就是雅歌中的女主角，因此当亚多尼雅想得到亚比煞，就遭所罗门处死。

Abishag (Hebrew Avishag אבישג) was 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 duties was to lie next to David and keep him warm ("they put covers on him, but he could not get warm"); however, David did not have sexual relations with her (1 Kings 1:4).