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1 Kings 2:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Kings 2:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 Then she said, “I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”(A) 21 She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”(B) 22 King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom as well! For he is my elder brother, and the priest Abiathar and Joab son of Zeruiah are on his side!”(C)
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