1 Kings 2:16

16 Now I have just one request of you. Don't refuse me!" She said to him, "Go on."

1 Kings 2:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 2:16

And now I ask one petition of thee
And but one, and a small one too, as Bathsheba herself after calls it:

deny me not,
or "turn not away my face" ^F20; with shame and sorrow, which would be the case should he be denied:

and she said unto him, say on;
let me hear it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (ynp ta ybyvt) "ne avertere facias faciem meam", Pagninus.

1 Kings 2:16 In-Context

14 I have something to say to you." She said, "Say it."

15 He said, "You know how the kingdom was mine. All Israel had appointed me as their king. Then suddenly the kingdom went to my brother as the LORD willed.

16 Now I have just one request of you. Don't refuse me!" She said to him, "Go on."

17 Adonijah continued, "Ask King Solomon to let me marry Abishag from Shunem—he won't refuse you."

18 Bathsheba said, "Okay; I'll speak to the king for you."