1 Kings 2:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.
In context
14 Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.
15 “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
16 So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.
17 Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
18 “Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
1 Kings 2:16 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.
- KJV King James Version
- And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
- WEB World English Bible
- Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.” She said to him, “Say on.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and now, one petition I am asking of thee — turn not back my face;' and she saith unto him, 'Speak.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And now I ask one petition of thee; refuse me not. And she said to him, Speak.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on.