1 Kings 2:16

16 So now I have one request to ask of you; please don't refuse me." "Go ahead, ask," she said.

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, "May I say something to you?" "Go ahead," she said, "speak."

15 "You know that I had the kingdom right in my hands and everyone expected me to be king, and then the whole thing backfired and the kingdom landed in my brother's lap - God's doing.

16 So now I have one request to ask of you; please don't refuse me." "Go ahead, ask," she said.

17 "Ask King Solomon - he won't turn you down - to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife."

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