King James Version (KJV)
1 Kings 2:16
“And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 2
14
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
15
And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and [that] all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
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And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
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And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
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And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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