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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.”
1 Kings 2:15-17
King James Version
1 Kings 2:15-17
King James Version
15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the Lord.
16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
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1 Kings 2:15-17
New King James Version
1 Kings 2:15-17
New King James Version
15 Then he said, “You know that the kingdom was (A)mine, and all Israel had set their expectations on me, that I should reign. However, the kingdom has been turned over, and has become my brother’s; for (B)it was his from the Lord. 16 Now I ask one petition of you; do not [a]deny me.”
And she said to him, “Say it.”
17 Then he said, “Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, that he may give me (C)Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”
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- 1 Kings 2:16 Lit. turn away the face
1 Kings 2:15-17
English Standard Version
1 Kings 2:15-17
English Standard Version
15 He said, “You know that (A)the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel fully expected me to reign. However, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother's, (B)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, “Speak.” 17 And he said, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me (C)Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
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