1 Kings 2:20

Then she said, “I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me.” The king said to her, “Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.”

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WEBBE

Then she said, “I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me.” The king said to her, “Ask on, my mother, for I will not deny you.”

BSB

“I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

Then she said, I have one small request to make to you; do not say, No, to me. And the king said, Say on, my mother, for I will not say, No, to you.

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וַתֹּאמֶר va·to·mer and she said H559 שְׁאֵלָה she·'e·lah a petition H7596 אַחַת 'a·chat one H259 קְטַנָּה ke·ta·nah small H6996 אָנֹכִי 'a·no·khi I H595 שֹׁאֶלֶת sho·'e·let [am] asking H7592 מֵאִתָּךְ me·'i·takh from with (the) you H854 אַל־ 'al- may not H408 תָּשֶׁב ta·shev you turn away H7725 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 פָּנָי pa·nai face my H6440 וַיֹּאמֶר־ vai·yo·mer- and he said H559 לָהּ lah to her H9034 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 שַׁאֲלִי sha·'a·li ask H7592 אִמִּי 'i·mi O mother my H517 כִּי ki for H3588 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 אָשִׁיב 'a·shiv I will turn away H7725 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 פָּנָיִךְ pa·na·yikh face your H6440

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 12–25

Solomon received Bathsheba with all the respect that was owing to a mother; but let none be asked for that which they ought not to grant. It ill becomes a good man to prefer a bad request, or to appear in a bad cause. According to eastern customs it was plain that Adonijah sought to be king, by his asking for Abishag as his wife, and Solomon could not be safe while he lived. Ambitious, turbulent spirits commonly prepare death for themselves. Many a head has been lost by catching at a crown.

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