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1 Kings 2:16-18
World English Bible
1 Kings 2:16-18
World English Bible
16 Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.”
She said to him, “Say on.” 17 He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”
18 Bathsheba said, “All right. I will speak for you to the king.”
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1 Kings 2:16-18
New International Version
1 Kings 2:16-18
New International Version
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.”
18 “Very well,” Bathsheba replied, “I will speak to the king for you.”
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