Now I ask one petition of you; don't deny me. She said to him, Say on.
He said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Yisra'el set their faces on me, that I should reign: however the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's; for it was his from the LORD.
He said, *Please speak to Shlomo the king (for he will not tell you 'no'), that he give me Avishag the Shunammite as wife.*
Then she said, I ask one small petition of you; don't deny me. The king said to her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.
For your servant David's sake, ton't turn away the face of your anointed one.
*Two things I have asked of you; don't deny me before I die: