1 Kings 2:21
What does 1 Kings 2:21 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 2:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother for a wife.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And she saith, `Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And she said: Let Abisag, the Sunamitess, be given to Adonias, thy brother, to wife.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.
Context
v.20Then 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.
v.21This passage
v.22And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 1:3
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
- 2 Samuel 16:21
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
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