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1 Kings 2:17-19
New English Translation
1 Kings 2:17-19
New English Translation
17 He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.”[a] 18 Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine;[b] I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”
19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet[c] her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother,[d] and she sat at his right hand.
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- 1 Kings 2:17 tn Heb “Say to Solomon the king, for he will not turn back your face, that he might give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.”
- 1 Kings 2:18 tn Heb “[It is] good!”
- 1 Kings 2:19 tn Or “meet.”
- 1 Kings 2:19 tn Heb “he set up a throne for the mother of the king.”
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