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1 Kings 2:17

17 And he said, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me oAbishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

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1 Kings 2:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 So he continued, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

1 Kings 2:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 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.

1 Kings 2:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 He replied, “Speak to King Solomon on my behalf, for I know he will do anything you request. Ask him to let me marry Abishag, the girl from Shunem.”

1 Kings 2:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 Then he said, “Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”

1 Kings 2:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 “I know King Solomon will do anything you ask him,” Adonijah continued. “Please ask him to give me Abishag the Shunammite to be my wife.”

1 Kings 2:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 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.

1 Kings 2:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king—for he will not refuse thee—that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.

1 Kings 2:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 He said, “Please ask King Solomon to give me Abishag from Shunem as my wife. He will not refuse you.” 

1 Kings 2:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 He replied, “Please speak to King Solomon since he won’t turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.”

1 Kings 2:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 He said, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

1 Kings 2:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 He said, “Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, so that he will give to me Abishag the Shunnamite as wife.”

1 Kings 2:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 So he continued, “Please ask King Solomon for a favor. He won’t say no to you. Ask him to give me Abishag from Shunem to be my wife.”

1 Kings 2:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 Then he said, “Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not refuse you, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.”


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