1 Kings 2:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said to him, “Go on.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Now I make one request of you; do not deny me. And she said, Say on.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Now I have just one request of you. Don’t refuse me!” She said to him, “Go on.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Now therefore, I beg of you one petition. May you not confound my face." And she said to him, "Speak."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Now therefore I ask one petition of thee: turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.

1 Kings 2:16 Cross References

1 Kings 2:15

He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel expected me to reign; however, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, for it was his from the Lord.

1 Kings 2:17

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

1 Kings 2:20

Then she said, “I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

Psalm 132:10

For your servant David’s sake do not turn away the face of your anointed one.

Proverbs 30:7

Two things I ask of you; do not deny them to me before I die: