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1 Kings 2:20–21
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.” 21 She said, “Let oAbishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.”
1 Kings 2:20–21 — New International Version (2011) (NIV)
20 “I have one small request to make of you,” she said. “Do not refuse me.”
The king replied, “Make it, my mother; I will not refuse you.”
21 So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given in marriage to your brother Adonijah.”
1 Kings 2:20–21 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. 21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
1 Kings 2:20–21 — New Living Translation (NLT)
20 “I have one small request to make of you,” she said. “I hope you won’t turn me down.”
“What is it, my mother?” he asked. “You know I won’t refuse you.”
21 “Then let your brother Adonijah marry Abishag, the girl from Shunem,” she replied.
1 Kings 2:20–21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
20 Then she said, “I desire one small petition of you; do not refuse me.”
And the king said to her, “Ask it, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”
21 So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”
1 Kings 2:20–21 — New Century Version (NCV)
20 Bathsheba said, “I have one small thing to ask you. Please do not refuse me.”
“Ask, mother,” the king answered. “I will not refuse you.”
21 So she said, “Allow Abishag the Shunammite to marry your brother Adonijah.”
1 Kings 2:20–21 — American Standard Version (ASV)
20 Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; deny me not. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny thee. 21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
1 Kings 2:20–21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; refuse me not. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse thee. 21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.
1 Kings 2:20–21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
20 “I’m asking you for one little thing,” she said. “Don’t refuse me.”
“Ask, Mother,” the king told her. “I won’t refuse you.”
21 She replied, “Let Abishag from Shunem be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
1 Kings 2:20–21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
20 Then she said, “I have just one small request of you. Don’t turn me down.”
“Go ahead and ask, mother,” the king replied, “for I won’t turn you down.”
21 So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.”
1 Kings 2:20–21 — New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition (NRSVue)
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.” 21 She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
1 Kings 2:20–21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
20 She said, “I have one small request I am asking from you. Do not refuse me.” The king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.” 21 Then she said, “Let Abishag the Shunnamite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”
1 Kings 2:20–21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
20 “I have one small favor to ask of you,” she said. “Don’t say no to me.”
The king replied, “Mother, go ahead and ask. I won’t say no to you.”
21 She said, “Let your brother Adonijah get married to Abishag, the Shunammite.”
1 Kings 2:20–21 — New American Standard Bible (1995) (NASB95)
20 Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”
21 So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife.”
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