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1 Kings 2:18-20
New Catholic Bible
1 Kings 2:18-20
New Catholic Bible
18 Bathsheba answered, “Very well, I will speak to the king for you.”
19 Bathsheba, therefore, went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her and bowed down to her. He sat down on his throne, and had a throne placed for the king’s mother, so that she sat on his right hand.[a] 20 She said, “I desire to make one small request of you. Please do not deny me.” The king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not deny you.”
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- 1 Kings 2:19 The king’s mother had an official rank and special powers. She was known as the “Great Mother.” For this reason her name is constantly given in the notices on the various kings.
