‘You know the kingship was mine,’ he said. ‘All Israel expected me to be king, but then the kingship was turned over to my brother, for the Lord gave it to him.
1 Kings 2:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So now I have just one request of you; don’t turn me down.’ She said to him, ‘Go on.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now I make one request of you; do not deny me. And she said, Say on. American Standard Version (1901) And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. Common English Bible Now I have just one request of you. Don’t refuse me!” She said to him, “Go on.” Catholic Public Domain Version 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 Now therefore I ask one petition of thee: turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on. |
‘You know the kingship was mine,’ he said. ‘All Israel expected me to be king, but then the kingship was turned over to my brother, for the Lord gave it to him.
He replied, ‘Please speak to King Solomon since he won’t turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.’
Then she said, ‘I have just one small request of you. Don’t turn me down.’ ‘Go ahead and ask, mother,’ the king replied, ‘for I won’t turn you down.’