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1 Kings 2:16-18
New English Translation
1 Kings 2:16-18
New English Translation
16 Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.”[a] She said, “Go ahead and ask.”[b] 17 He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.”[c] 18 Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine;[d] I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”
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- 1 Kings 2:16 tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”
- 1 Kings 2:16 tn Heb “She said, ‘Speak!’”
- 1 Kings 2:17 tn Heb “Say to Solomon the king, for he will not turn back your face, that he might give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.”
- 1 Kings 2:18 tn Heb “[It is] good!”
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