1 Kings 2:18

18 “Very well,” Bathsheba replied, “I will speak to the king for you.”

1 Kings 2:18 in Other Translations

18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

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

18 “All right,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”

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

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

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.

1 Kings 2:18 In-Context

16 Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me.” “You may make it,” she said.

17 So he continued, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

18 “Very well,” Bathsheba replied, “I will speak to the king for you.”

19 When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, the king stood up to meet her, bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. He had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat down at his right hand.

20 “I have one small request to make of you,” she said. “Do not refuse me.” The king replied, “Make it, my mother; I will not refuse you.”