21And she saith, 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.'


In Context

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

19 And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto king Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king riseth to meet her, and boweth himself to her, and sitteth on his throne, and placeth a throne for the mother of the king, and she sitteth at his right hand.

20 And 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.'

21 And she saith, 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.'

22 And king Solomon answereth and saith to his mother, 'And why art thou asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? also ask for him the kingdom — for he is mine elder brother — even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah.'

23 And king Solomon sweareth by Jehovah, saying, 'Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add — surely against his soul hath Adonijah spoken this word;

1 Kings 2:21 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:21So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given in marriage to your brother Adonijah."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said: Let Abisag the Sunamitess be given to Adonias thy brother to wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunamite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:21She said, |Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother to wife.