21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.


In Context

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

19 And Bathsheba went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne; and he caused a throne to be set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right hand.

20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; refuse me not. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse thee.

21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.

22 And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

23 And king Solomon swore by Jehovah saying, God do so to me, and more also, Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life!

1 Kings 2:21 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:21So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given in marriage to your brother Adonijah."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said: Let Abisag the Sunamitess be given to Adonias thy brother to wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunamite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21She said, |Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21And she saith, 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother to wife.