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20 She said, “I have one small request I am asking from you. Do not refuse me.”[a] The king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”[b] 21 Then she said, “Let Abishag the Shunnamite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.” 22 King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “Why are you asking Abishag the Shunnamite for Adonijah? Ask for him also the kingdom, for he is my brother, older than I; and ask for him also Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”

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  1. 1 Kings 2:20 Literally “not turn my face”
  2. 1 Kings 2:20 Literally “not turn your face”