1 Kings 2:16

16 And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me." She said to him, "Speak."

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 Then he said, "I have something to say to you." She said, "Speak."

15 He said, "You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel fully expected me to reign. However, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother's, for it was his from the LORD.

16 And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me." She said to him, "Speak."

17 And he said, "Please ask King Solomon--he will not refuse you--to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife."

18 Bathsheba said, "Very well; I will speak for you to the king."