1 Kings 2:16
◄  1 Kings 2:16  ►
New International Version (©2011)
Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me." "You may make it," she said.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So now I have just one favor to ask of you. Please don't turn me down." "What is it?" she asked.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said to him, “Speak.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me." And she said to him, "Speak."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So now I have just one request of you; don't turn me down." She said to him, "Go on."

International Standard Version (©2012)
So now I'm asking one thing from you. Don't refuse me." "Talk," she told him.

NET Bible (©2006)
Now I'd like to ask you for just one thing. Please don't refuse me." She said, "Go ahead and ask."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Now I want to ask you for one thing. Don't refuse me." "What is it?" she asked.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And now I ask one petition of you, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

American King James Version
And now I ask one petition of you, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore I ask one petition of thee: turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.

Darby Bible Translation
And now I ask one petition of thee; refuse me not. And she said to him, Speak.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on.

World English Bible
Now I ask one petition of you. Don't deny me." She said to him, "Say on."

Young's Literal Translation
and now, one petition I am asking of thee -- turn not back my face;' and she saith unto him, 'Speak.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:12-25 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.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 16. - And now I ask one petition of thee [Heb. request one request] deny me not [marg., "turn not away my face." Better, Turn not back, i.e., repulse not. Rawlinson paraphrases, "Make me not to hide my face through shame at being refused;" but this is not the idea of the original, which means, Reject me not; send me not away. In the Heb. "face" often stands for "person," for eyes (ver. 15), looks, mien]. And she said unto him, Say on.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And now I ask one petition of thee,.... And but one, and a small one too, as Bathsheba herself after calls it:

deny me not, or "turn not away my face" (t); with shame and sorrow, which would be the case should he be denied:

and she said unto him, say on; let me hear it.

(t) "ne avertere facias faciem meam", Pagninus.

1 Kings 2:16 Parallel Commentaries

1 Kings 2:16 NIV
1 Kings 2:16 NLT
1 Kings 2:16 ESV
1 Kings 2:16 NASB
1 Kings 2:16 KJV

Bible Hub: Online Parallel Bible


Solomon's Reign Established
…15And he said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: however, the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD. 16And now I ask one petition of you, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on. 17And he said, Speak, I pray you, to Solomon the king, (for he will not say you no,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

1 Kings 2:15 "As you know," he said, "the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the LORD.
1 Kings 2:17 So he continued, "Please ask King Solomon--he will not refuse you--to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife."
1 Kings 2:20 "I have one small request to make of you," she said. "Do not refuse me." The king replied, "Make it, my mother; I will not refuse you."