1 Kings 2:16

16 Now therefore I pray of thee one asking; shame thou not my face. And she said to him, Speak thou.

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 he added, A word of me is to thee (And he added, I have a word to say to thee). And she said, Speak thou.

15 And he said, Thou knowest that the realm was mine, and all Israel purposed to make me into king to them; but the realm is translated, and is made my brother's; for of the Lord it is ordained to him. (And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel purposed to make me king over them; but the kingdom was taken away from me, and made my brother's; for the Lord ordained it to him.)

16 Now therefore I pray of thee one asking; shame thou not my face. And she said to him, Speak thou.

17 And he said, I pray, that thou say to Solomon the king; for he may not deny anything to thee; that he give me Abishag of Shunem to wife (that he give me Abishag of Shunem for a wife).

18 And Bathsheba said, Well, I shall speak for thee to the king.