◄ 1 Kings 2:16 ►
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Good News Translation
And now I have one request to make; please do not refuse me." "What is it?" Bathsheba asked.

New Revised Standard Version
And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said to him, “Go on.”

Contemporary English Version
Would you do me a favor?" "What do you want?" Bathsheba asked.

New American Bible
But now there is one favor I would ask of you. Do not refuse me.” And she said, “Speak on.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore, I ask one petition of thee; turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now therefore, I ask one petition of thee; turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.

Psalm 132:10 For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thy anointed.

Proverbs 30:7 Two things I have asked of thee, deny them not to me before I die.

Context
The Execution of Adonijah
…15Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had preferred me to be their king: but the kingdom is transferred, and is become my brother's: for it was appointed him by the Lord. 16Now therefore, I ask one petition of thee; turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.17And he said I pray thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag, the Sunamitess, to wife.…
Cross References
1 Kings 2:15
Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had preferred me to be their king: but the kingdom is transferred, and is become my brother's: for it was appointed him by the Lord.

1 Kings 2:17
And he said I pray thee speak to king Solomon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me Abisag, the Sunamitess, to wife.

1 Kings 2:20
And she said to him: I desire one small petition of thee; do not put me to confusion. And the king said to her: My mother ask, for I must not turn away thy face.

1 Kings 2:15
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