15 Then he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set [a]their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned away, and is my brother’s: for it came to him by the Lord.

16 Now therefore I ask thee one request, [b]refuse me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the King, (for he will not say thee nay) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:15 In sign of their favor and consent.
  2. 1 Kings 2:16 Hebrew, cause not my face to turn away.

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