Melachim Alef 2:16

16 And now I ask thee one she’elah: refuse me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

Melachim Alef 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.

Melachim Alef 2:16 In-Context

14 He said moreover, I have davar to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

15 And he said, Thou hast da’as that the meluchah (kingdom, monarchy) was mine, and that kol Yisroel set their faces on me, that I should reign as Melech; howbeit the meluchah has veered, and is become my brother’s; for it was his from Hashem.

16 And now I ask thee one she’elah: refuse me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

17 And he said, Speak, now, unto Sh’lomo HaMelech, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Avishag HaShunammit as isha.

18 And Bat-Sheva said, Tov; I will speak for thee unto HaMelech.