16and now, one petition I am asking of thee — turn not back my face;' and she saith unto him, 'Speak.'


In Context

13 and Adonijah son of Haggith cometh in unto Bath-Sheba, mother of Solomon, and she saith, 'Is thy coming peace?' and he saith, 'Peace.'

14 And he saith, 'I have a word unto thee,' and she saith, 'Speak.'

15 And he saith, 'Thou hast known that the kingdom was mine, and towards me set their faces had all Israel for reigning, and the kingdom is turned round about, and is my brother's, for from Jehovah it was his;

16 and now, one petition I am asking of thee — turn not back my face;' and she saith unto him, 'Speak.'

17 And 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.'

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

1 Kings 2:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me." "You may make it," she said.

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 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.