1 Kings 2:16-18
1599 Geneva Bible
16 Now therefore I ask thee one request, [a]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.
18 And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee unto the King.
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- 1 Kings 2:16 Hebrew, cause not my face to turn away.
1 Kings 2:16-18
English Standard Version
16 And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said to him, “Speak.” 17 And he said, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me (A)Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.” 18 Bathsheba said, “Very well; I will speak for you to the king.”
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