1 Kings 2:17

New American Bible - revised edition

He said, “Please ask King Solomon, who will not refuse you, to give me Abishag the Shunamite to be my wife.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:8

I gave you your lord’s house and your lord’s wives for your own. I gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were not enough, I could count up for you still more.

2 Samuel 3:7

Now Saul had had a concubine, Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbaal, son of Saul, said to Abner, “Why have you slept with my father’s concubine?”

1 Kings 2:16

But now there is one favor I would ask of you. Do not refuse me.” And she said, “Speak on.”

1 Kings 2:18

Bathsheba replied, “Very well, I will speak to the king for you.”