And now I ask one petition of you, do not deny me. And she said to him, Say on.
And he said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: however the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother’s: for it was his from the LORD.
And he said, Speak, I pray you, to Solomon the king, (for he will not deny you,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.
Then she said, I desire one small petition of you; I pray you, do not deny me. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not deny you.
For your servant David’s sake do not turn away the face of your anointed.
Two things have I required of you; do not deny me them before I die: