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


In Context

15 He said, |You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother's; for it was his from Yahweh.

16 Now I ask one petition of you. Don't deny me.| She said to him, |Say on.|

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

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

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

20 Then 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.|

1 Kings 2:18 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:18"Very well," Bathsheba replied, "I will speak to the king for you."

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 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.