◄ 1 Kings 2:21 ►
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Good News Translation
She answered, "Let your brother Adonijah have Abishag as his wife."

New Revised Standard Version
She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”

Contemporary English Version
"Allow your brother Adonijah to marry Abishag," she answered.

New American Bible
So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunamite be given to your brother Adonijah to be his wife.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she said: Let Abisag, the Sunamitess, be given to Adonias, thy brother, to wife.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And she said: Let Abisag, the Sunamitess, be given to Adonias, thy brother, to wife.

Let Abishag

2 Samuel 16:21,22 And Achitophel said to Absalom: Go in to the concubines of thy father, whom he hath left to keep the house: that when all Israel shall hear that thou hast disgraced thy father, their hands may be strengthened with thee. . . .

Context
The Execution of Adonijah
…20And 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. 21And she said: Let Abisag, the Sunamitess, be given to Adonias, thy brother, to wife.22And king Solomon answered, and said to his mother: Why dost thou ask Abisag, the Sunamitess, for Adonias? ask for him also the kingdom; for he is my elder brother, and hath Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the son of Sarvia.…
Cross References
1 Kings 1:3
So they sought a beautiful young woman, in all the coasts of Israel and they found Abisag, a Sunamitess, and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 1:4
And the damsel was exceedingly beautiful, and she slept with the king, and served him, but the king did not know her.

1 Kings 2:20
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