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1 Kings 2:15-17
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
1 Kings 2:15-17
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
15 He said, ‘You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel expected me to reign; however, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, for it was his from the Lord. 16 And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.’ She said to him, ‘Go on.’ 17 He said, ‘Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.’
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1 Kings 2:15-17
New International Version
1 Kings 2:15-17
New International Version
15 “As you know,” he said, “the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the Lord. 16 Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me.”
“You may make it,” she said.
17 So he continued, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag(A) the Shunammite as my wife.”
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