1 Kings 2:18

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

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 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."

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."