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15 So he said, “You know that the kingdom belonged to me [as the eldest living son] and all Israel [a]looked to me and expected me to be king. However, the kingdom has passed [from me] and became my brother’s, for it was his from the Lord. 16 So now I am making one request of you; do not [b]refuse me.” And she said to him, “Speak.” 17 He said, “Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you; ask that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:15 Lit set their faces toward me.
  2. 1 Kings 2:16 Lit turn away my face; similarly in the following verses.

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