Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Kings 2:21
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So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
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And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
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She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”
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And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
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1 Kings 2
19 So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
20 “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.”
21 So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
23 Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
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