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


In Context

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.

20 "I have one small request to make of you," she said. "Do not refuse me." The king replied, "Make it, my mother; I will not refuse you."

1st Kings 2:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And Bethsabee said: Well, I will speak for thee to the king.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee to the king.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee to the king.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18Bathsheba said, |Alright. I will speak for you to the king.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And Bath-Sheba saith, 'Good; I do speak for thee unto the king.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for you to the king.