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1 Kings 2:16

World English Bible

Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.”
She said to him, “Say on.”

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1 Kings 2:16 in other translations

And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

1 Kings 2:16 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 2:16 in context

  1. 14He said moreover, I have something to tell you.”
    She said, “Say on.”
  2. 15He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from Yahweh.
  3. 16Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.”
    She said to him, “Say on.”
  4. 17He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”
  5. 18Bathsheba said, “All right. I will speak for you to the king.”