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."


In Context

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."

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

22 King Solomon answered his mother, "Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well request the kingdom for him-after all, he is my older brother-yes, for him and for Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah!"

1st Kings 2:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; [I pray thee,] say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:20And she said to him: I desire one small petition of thee, do not put me to confusion. And the king said to her: My mother, ask: for I must not turn away thy face.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; deny me not. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20Then 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; deny me not. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not deny thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, deny me not. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not deny thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20Then she said, |I ask one small petition of you; don't deny me.| The king said to her, |Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20And she saith, 'One small petition I ask of thee, turn not back my face;' and the king saith to her, 'Ask, my mother, for I do not turn back thy face.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20Then she said, I desire one small petition of you; I pray you, say me not no. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say you no.