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


In Context

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."

19 When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, the king stood up to meet her, bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. He had a throne brought for the king's mother, and she sat down at his right hand.

1st Kings 2:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And he said: I pray thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag the Sunamitess to wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And he said, Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king, (for he will not say to thee no,) that he give me Abishag the Shunamite for a wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17He said, |Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you 'no'), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And he saith, 'Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king, for he doth not turn back thy face, and he doth give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And he said, Speak, I pray you, to Solomon the king, (for he will not say you no,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.