1 Kings 2:21
Strong's Lexicon
So [Bathsheba] said,
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

“Let Abishag
אֲבִישַׁ֣ג (’ă·ḇî·šaḡ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 49: Abishag = 'my father is a wanderer' 1) David's beautiful young nurse

the Shunammite
הַשֻּׁנַמִּ֑ית (haš·šu·nam·mîṯ)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7767: Shunammite = see Shunen 'double resting place' 1) an inhabitant of Shunem

be given
יֻתַּ֖ן (yut·tan)
Verb - QalPass - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

to your brother
אָחִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḥî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance

Adonijah
לַאֲדֹנִיָּ֥הוּ (la·’ă·ḏō·nî·yā·hū)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 138: Adonijah = 'my lord is Jehovah' 1) fourth son of David and Solomon's rival for the throne 2) Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the Law 3) a chief of the people who co-operated with Nehemiah

as his wife.”
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (lə·’iš·šāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”

Young's Literal Translation
And she saith, ‘Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So she said, “ Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.”

New American Standard Bible
So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife."

King James Bible
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given in marriage to your brother Adonijah."

New Living Translation
"Then let your brother Adonijah marry Abishag, the girl from Shunem," she replied.

English Standard Version
She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.”

New American Standard Bible
So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife."

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife."

International Standard Version
So she asked him, "Give Abishag the Shunammite to your brother Adonijah as a wife."

NET Bible
She said, "Allow Abishag the Shunammite to be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife."

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

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

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
















Cross References
1 Kings 1:3
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 1:4
And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

1 Kings 1:1
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

1 Kings 2:20
Then 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.

1 Kings 2:19
Bathsheba 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 seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

1 Kings 2:18
And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

1 Kings 2:22
And 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.

1 Kings 2:23
Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

1 Kings 2:24
Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
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