1 Kings 2:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ He replied, ‘Please speak to King Solomon since he won’t turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite  as a wife.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ He said, I pray you, ask King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, to give me Abishag the Shunammite to be my wife. [I Kings 1:1-4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king (for he will not say thee nay), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Adonijah continued, “Ask King Solomon to let me marry Abishag from Shunem—he won’t refuse you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And he said: "I beg that you may speak to king Solomon, for he is not able to refuse anything to you, so that he may give Abishag the Shunammite to me as wife."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And he said: I pray thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag the Sunamitess to wife.

1 Kings 2:17 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 12:8

I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms,  and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.

2 Samuel 3:7

Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah  daughter of Aiah, and Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, ‘Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine? ’

1 Kings 2:16

So now I have just one request of you; don’t turn me down.’ She said to him, ‘Go on.’

1 Kings 2:18

‘Very well,’ Bathsheba replied. ‘I will speak to the king for you.’