1 Kings 2
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1 Kings 2:20-22

20Then she saidH559, “I am makingH7592 oneH259 smallH6996 requestH7596 of you; 1do not 2refuseH7725 me.” And the kingH4428 saidH559 to her, “AskH7592, my motherH517, for I will not 3refuseH7725 you.”

21So she saidH559, “4Let AbishagH49 the ShunammiteH7767 be givenH5414 to AdonijahH138 your brotherH251 as a wifeH802.”

22KingH4428 SolomonH8010 answeredH6030 and saidH559 to his motherH517, “And whyH4100 are you askingH7592 AbishagH49 the ShunammiteH7767 for AdonijahH138? 5AskH7592 for him also the kingdomH4410--6for he is my olderH1419 brotherH251--even for him, for 7AbiatharH54 the priestH3548, and for JoabH3097 the sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870!”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 2:20 1 Kin 2:16 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 2:20 Lit turn away my face ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 2:20 Lit turn away your face ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 2:21 1 Kin 1:3, 4 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 2:22 2 Sam 12:8 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 2:22 1 Kin 1:6; 2:15; 1 Chr 3:2, 5 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 2:22 1 Kin 1:7 ↩

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