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But now I ask one favor of you; don't deny me." "Go on," she said.
17
He said, "Please speak to Shlomo the king - for he won't say 'No' to you - and ask him to give me Avishag the Shunamit as my wife."
18
Bat-Sheva said, "All right, I will speak to the king on your behalf."
19
So Bat-Sheva went to King Shlomo to speak to him on behalf of Adoniyah. The king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat down on his throne and had a throne set up for the king's mother, so that she sat at his right.
20
She said, "I am asking one small favor of you; don't deny me." The king said to her, "Ask, mother; I won't deny you."
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.