Devine Scripture

1 Kings 2:16

1 Kings chapter 2 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.15And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s; for it was his from Jehovah.

v.16This passage

v.17And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 30:7

    Two things have I asked of thee; Deny methemnot before I die:

  • Psalms 132:10

    For thy servant David’s sake Turn not away the face of thine anointed.