1 Kings 2:16

So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

In Context

15“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.

17Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

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Cross References

Psalms 132:10For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 2:13-26

Adonijah's Impudent Request; Adonijah Put to Death. ( b. c. 1015.) 12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. 13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. 15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom… Read the whole commentary →

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