1 Kings 2:20
What does 1 Kings 2:20 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 2:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then 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
American Standard Version · 1901Then 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
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And she saith, `One small petition I ask of thee, turn not back my face;' and the king saith to her, `Ask, my mother, for I do not turn back thy face.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And she said to him: I desire one small petition of thee; do not put me to confusion. And the king said to her: My mother ask, for I must not turn away thy face.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Then 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.
Context
v.19Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.
v.20This passage
v.21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 11:9
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
- John 15:16
Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
- John 2:3
And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
- Matthew 10:35
For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law:
- Matthew 20:20
Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him, and asking a certain thing of him.
- Matthew 11:24
But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
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