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1 Kings 2:18
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And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee to the king.
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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.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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1 Kings 2:18 In-Context
16
And now I ask one petition of thee; refuse me not. And she said to him, Speak.
17
And he said, Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king -- for he will not refuse thee -- that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.
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And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee to the king.
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And Bathsheba went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne; and he caused a throne to be set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand.
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Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; refuse me not. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse thee.
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