1 Kings 2:21
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And she said: Let Abisag, the Sunamitess, be given to Adonias, thy brother, to wife.

Let Abishag

2 Samuel 16:21,22 And Achitophel said to Absalom: Go in to the concubines of thy father, whom he hath left to keep the house: that when all Israel shall hear that thou hast disgraced thy father, their hands may be strengthened with thee. . . .

Context
The Execution of Adonijah
20And 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. 21And she said: Let Abisag, the Sunamitess, be given to Adonias, thy brother, to wife.22And king Solomon answered, and said to his mother: Why dost thou ask Abisag, the Sunamitess, for Adonias? ask for him also the kingdom; for he is my elder brother, and hath Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the son of Sarvia.…
Cross References
1 Kings 1:3
So they sought a beautiful young woman, in all the coasts of Israel and they found Abisag, a Sunamitess, and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 1:4
And the damsel was exceedingly beautiful, and she slept with the king, and served him, but the king did not know her.

Lexicon
So [Bathsheba] said,
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Let Abishag
אֲבִישַׁ֣ג (’ă·ḇî·šaḡ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 49: Abishag -- 'my father is a wanderer', an Israelite woman

the Shunammite
הַשֻּׁנַמִּ֑ית (haš·šu·nam·mîṯ)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7767: Shunammite -- a Shunammitess

be given
יֻתַּ֖ן (yut·tan)
Verb - QalPass - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

to your brother
אָחִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḥî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

Adonijah
לַאֲדֹנִיָּ֥הוּ (la·’ă·ḏō·nî·yā·hū)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 138: Adonijah -- 'my Lord is Yahweh', the name of several Israelites

as his wife.”
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (lə·’iš·šāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female


Additional Translations
So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother to wife.

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

And she said, Let, I pray thee, Abisag the Somanite be given to Adonias thy brother to wife.

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunamite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.

She said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife."

And she saith, 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.'
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