1 Kings 2:16

16 And now I have one request to make; please do not refuse me." "What is it?" Bathsheba asked.

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 and then he added, "I have something to ask of you." "What is it?" she asked.

15 He answered, "You know that I should have become king and that everyone in Israel expected it. But it happened differently, and my brother became king because it was the Lord's will.

16 And now I have one request to make; please do not refuse me." "What is it?" Bathsheba asked.

17 He answered, "Please ask King Solomon - I know he won't refuse you - to let me have Abishag, the young woman from Shunem, as my wife."

18 "Very well," she answered. "I will speak to the king for you."