1 Kings 2:20

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1 Kings 2:20

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Amplified

Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

New American Standard Bible

Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

Then she said, “I have just one small request of you. Don’t turn me down.”

“Go ahead and ask, mother,” the king replied, “for I won’t turn you down.”

International Standard Version

and told him, "I would like to make a minor request of you. Please don't refuse me." "What is your request, mother?" the king asked her. "I won't turn you down."

A Conservative Version

Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; do not deny me. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not deny thee.

American Standard Version

Then 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.

Bible in Basic English

Then she said, I have one small request to make to you; do not say, No, to me. And the king said, Say on, my mother, for I will not say, No, to you.

Darby Translation

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; refuse me not. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse thee.

Julia Smith Translation

And she will say, One small asking I ask from thee; thou wilt not turn away my face. And the king will say to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not turn away thy face.

King James 2000

Then she said, I desire one small petition of you; I pray you, say not nay to me. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say nay to you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

She said, "I have one small request I am asking from you. Do {not refuse me}." The king said to her, "Ask, my mother, for I will {not refuse you}."

Modern King James verseion

And she said, I desire one small favor of you. Do not turn away my face. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not turn away your face.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then she said, "I must desire a little petition of thee: say me not nay." And the king said unto her, "Ask on my mother: for I will not say thee nay."

NET Bible

She said, "I would like to ask you for just one small favor. Please don't refuse me." He said, "Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you."

New Heart English Bible

Then she said, "I ask one small petition of you; do not deny me." The king said to her, "Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you."

The Emphasized Bible

Then said she - One small request, am I asking of thee, do not turn away my face. And the king said to her - Ask on, my mother, for I will not turn away thy face.

Webster

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, deny me not. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not deny thee.

World English Bible

Then she said, "I ask one small petition of you; don't deny me." The king said to her, "Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you."

Youngs Literal Translation

And she saith, 'One small petition I ask of thee, turn not back my face;' and the king saith to her, 'Ask, my mother, for I do not turn back thy face.'

Themes

Abishag » Wife of david

Adonijah » Son of david and haggith » Executed by solomon

Altars » Afforded no protection to murderers

Bath-sheba (bathsheba) » Solomon's mother

Children » Instances of » Solomon

intercession » Instances of » Bath-sheba » For adonijah

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon

Shunammite » A person from the city of shunem » Desired by adonijah as wife

Topics

Smallness

Interlinear

English(KJV)

Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

Then she said

H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .

Usage: 0

I desire

H7592

שׁאל שׁאל
Sha'al

ask, enquire, desire, require, borrow, salute, demand, lent, request, earnestly, beg,

Usage: 172

one

H259

אחד
'echad

one, first, another, other, any, once, eleven , every, certain, an, some, .

Usage: 432

small

H6996

קטן קטן
Qatan

small, little, youngest, younger, least, less, lesser, little one, smallest, small things, young

Usage: 101

petition

H7596

שׁלה שׁאלה
Sh@'elah

petition, request, loan

Usage: 14

of thee I pray thee, say

H7725

שׁוּב
Shuwb

return, ...again, turn, ...back, ...away, restore, bring, render, answer, recompense, recover, deliver, put, withdraw, requite,

Usage: 1058

H6440

פּנים
Paniym

before, face, presence, because, sight, countenance, from, person, upon, of, ...me, against, ...him, open, for, toward,

Usage: 2119

not nay

H7725

שׁוּב
Shuwb

return, ...again, turn, ...back, ...away, restore, bring, render, answer, recompense, recover, deliver, put, withdraw, requite,

Usage: 1058

And the king

H4428

מלך
melek

king, royal, Hammelech, Malcham, Moloch

Usage: 2521

said

H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .

Usage: 0

unto her, Ask on

H7592

שׁאל שׁאל
Sha'al

ask, enquire, desire, require, borrow, salute, demand, lent, request, earnestly, beg,

Usage: 172

my mother

H517

אם
'em

mother, dam, parting

Usage: 220

for I will not say

H7725

שׁוּב
Shuwb

return, ...again, turn, ...back, ...away, restore, bring, render, answer, recompense, recover, deliver, put, withdraw, requite,

Usage: 1058

thee

H6440

פּנים
Paniym

before, face, presence, because, sight, countenance, from, person, upon, of, ...me, against, ...him, open, for, toward,

Usage: 2119

References

Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 2:20

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 20158
1 Kings Rank: 587
1 Topic
8 Themes
9 Cross References
2 Readings
Interlinear
1 Name
10 References

Context Readings

¹⁹ So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her, bowed before her, and sat down on his throne; then he had a throne set for her, the king’s mother, and she sat on his right. ²⁰ Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.” ²¹ So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.”

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Cross References

Matthew 7:7-11

“Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.

Matthew 10:35-36

For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

Matthew 11:24

But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment, than for you.”

Matthew 18:19

“Again I say to you, that if two believers on earth agree [that is, are of one mind, in harmony] about anything that they ask [within the will of God], it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

Matthew 20:20-21

Then [Salome] the mother of Zebedee’s children [James and John] came up to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down [in respect], asked a favor of Him.

Luke 11:9-10

“So I say to you, ask and keep on asking, and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find; knock and keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

John 2:3-4

When the wine was all gone, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no more wine.”

John 14:13-14

And I will do whatever you ask in My name [as My representative], this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified and celebrated in the Son.

John 15:16

You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed and placed and purposefully planted you, so that you would go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit will remain and be lasting, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name [as My representative] He may give to you.

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1 Kings 2:20

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