1 Kings 2:20

20 She said, "I have just one small request for you. Don't refuse me." The king said to her, "Mother, ask me. I won't refuse you."

1 Kings 2:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 2:20

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee
It was but one, and a little one, and therefore she hoped it would be granted:

[I pray thee], say me not nay;
do not refuse it, or deny it me, or turn away my thee with shame and disappointment:

and the king said, ask on, my mother, for I will not say thee nay;
since it is a small one, as thou sayest, and provided it is fit and lawful to be granted.

1 Kings 2:20 In-Context

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

19 So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to talk with him about Adonijah. The king stood up to meet her and bowed low to her. Then he returned to his throne and had a throne set up for the queen mother. She sat to his right.

20 She said, "I have just one small request for you. Don't refuse me." The king said to her, "Mother, ask me. I won't refuse you."

21 "Let Abishag from Shunem be married to your brother Adonijah," she said.

22 King Solomon replied to his mother, "Why ask only for Abishag from Shunem for Adonijah? Why not ask for the entire kingdom for him? After all, he is my older brother and has the support of Abiathar the priest and Joab, Zeruiah's son."