1 Kings 2:18

18 And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee unto the king.

1 Kings 2:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 2:18

And Bathsheba said, well
Very well spoken, the thing is good and right:

I will speak for thee unto the king;
and use her interest with him, not seeing into his design, but pitying an unfortunate man.

1 Kings 2:18 In-Context

16 And now I ask one petition of thee, do not deny me. And she said unto him, Say on.
17 Then he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king (for he will not deny thee) that he give me Abishag, the Shunammite to wife.
18 And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee unto the king.
19 Bathsheba, therefore, went unto King Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her and bowed himself unto her and sat down on his throne and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right hand.
20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, do not deny me. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not deny thee.
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