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


In Context

13 Now Adonijah, the son of Haggith, went to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother. Bathsheba asked him, "Do you come peacefully?" He answered, "Yes, peacefully."

14 Then he added, "I have something to say to you." "You may say it," she replied.

15 "As you know," he said, "the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the Lord .

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

17 So he continued, "Please ask King Solomon-he will not refuse you-to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife."

18 "Very well," Bathsheba replied, "I will speak to the king for you."

1st Kings 2:16 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16And now I ask one petition of thee; refuse me not. And she said to him, Speak.

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.