He said moreover, I have something to tell you.”
She said, “Say on.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Kings 2:14 in context
1 Kings 2:11–17
11
The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
12
Solomon sat on David his father’s throne; and his kingdom was firmly established.
13
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, “Do you come peaceably?”
He said, “Peaceably.
14
Selected verse
He said moreover, I have something to tell you.”
She said, “Say on.”
15
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 around, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from the LORD.
16
Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.”
She said to him, “Say on.”
17
He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”
Continue with 1 Kings 2
Read the complete chapter in World English Bible Updated.
Open 1 Kings 2