16And now I ask one petition of thee; refuse me not. And she said to him, Speak.


In Context

13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

14 And he said, I have something to say to thee. And she said, Speak.

15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had set their faces on me that I should reign; but the kingdom is turned about and is become my brother's, for it was his from Jehovah.

16 And now I ask one petition of thee; refuse me not. And she said to him, Speak.

17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king for he will not refuse thee that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.

18 And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee to the king.

1 Kings 2:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me." "You may make it," she said.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Now therefore I ask one petition of thee: turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16Now I ask one petition of you. Don't deny me.| She said to him, |Say on.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16and now, one petition I am asking of thee — turn not back my face;' and she saith unto him, 'Speak.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And now I ask one petition of you, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on.