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New Life Version

1 Kings 2:21

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abishag;   Adonijah;   Bath-Sheba (Bathsheba);   Intercession;   Shunammite;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altars;   Widows;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abishag;   Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Concubine;   Solomon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Concubine;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abishag;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abner;   Bathsheba;   Ishbosheth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Court Systems;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abishag;   Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Reuben;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abishag ;   Adonijah ;   Shimei ;   Shunammite ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Talent;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Bath'-Sheba,;   Concubine;   Shu'nammite, the,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abishag;   Heir;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abishag;   Adonijah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abishag;   Bilhah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.”
Hebrew Names Version
She said, Let Avishag the Shunammite be given to Adoniyahu your brother as wife.
King James Version
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
English Standard Version
She said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife."
New Century Version
So she said, "Allow Abishag the Shunammite to marry your brother Adonijah."
New English Translation
She said, "Allow Abishag the Shunammite to be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife."
Amplified 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."
Geneva Bible (1587)
She sayd then, Let Abishag the Shunammite be giuen to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
Legacy Standard Bible
So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife."
Contemporary English Version
"Allow your brother Adonijah to marry Abishag," she answered.
Complete Jewish Bible
She said, "Let Avishag the Shunamit be given to Adoniyah your brother as his wife."
Darby Translation
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Bathsheba said, "Let your brother Adonijah marry Abishag, the woman from Shunem."
George Lamsa Translation
And she said to him, Let Abishag the Shilommite be given to Adonijah your brother to wife.
Good News Translation
She answered, "Let your brother Adonijah have Abishag as his wife."
Lexham English Bible
Then she said, "Let Abishag the Shunnamite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife."
Literal Translation
And she said, let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah for a wife.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
She saide: Let Abisag of Sunem be geuen thy brother Adonias to wyfe.
American Standard Version
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
Bible in Basic English
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother for a wife.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
She sayde: Let Abisag the Sunamite be geuen to Adonia thy brother to wyfe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And she said: 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.'
King James Version (1611)
And she saide, Let Abishag the Shunammite be giuen to Adoniiah thy brother to wife.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And she said, Let, I pray thee, Abisag the Somanite be given to Adonias thy brother to wife.
English Revised Version
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
Berean Standard Bible
So Bathsheba said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And sche seide, Abisag of Sunam be youun wijf to Adonye, thi brother.
Young's Literal Translation
And she saith, `Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.'
Update Bible Version
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.
Webster's Bible Translation
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunamite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.
World English Bible
She said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.
New King James Version
So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife."
New Living Translation
"Then let your brother Adonijah marry Abishag, the girl from Shunem," she replied.
New Revised Standard
She said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother, to wife.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And she said: Let Abisag, the Sunamitess, be given to Adonias, thy brother, to wife.
Revised Standard Version
She said, "Let Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite be given to Adoni'jah your brother as his wife."
THE MESSAGE
She said, "Give Abishag the Shunammite to your brother Adonijah as his wife."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife."

Contextual Overview

12 Solomon sat on the throne of his father David and things went well for the nation. 13 Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Solomon's mother Bathsheba. She said, "Do you come in peace?" And he said, "Yes, in peace." 14 Then he said, "I have something to say to you." And she said, "Speak." 15 So he said, "You know that the nation was mine. All Israel thought I would be king. But the nation has become my brother's, for it was his from the Lord. 16 Now I have one thing to ask of you. Do not say no to me." And she said to him, "Speak." 17 He said, "I beg you, speak to Solomon the king. For he will not say no to you. Ask him to give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife." 18 Bathsheba said, "Very well. I will speak to the king for you." 19 So Bathsheba went to speak to King Solomon for Adonijah. The king stood up to meet her, bowed in front of her, then sat on his throne. He had a seat brought in for the king's mother, and she sat on his right. 20 She said, "I am asking you for one small thing. Do not say no to me." And the king said to her, "Ask, my mother. I will not say no to you." 21 So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Let Abishag: 2 Samuel 16:21, 2 Samuel 16:22

Reciprocal: Joshua 19:18 - Shunem 2 Samuel 3:7 - gone in 1 Kings 1:52 - wickedness Ecclesiastes 8:3 - stand

Cross-References

Genesis 15:12
When the sun was going down, Abram went into a sleep as if he were dead. And much fear and darkness came upon him.
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the bottle of water from beside Saul's head, and they went away. But no one saw it, or knew it, and no one woke, for they were all sleeping. A deep sleep from the Lord had come upon them.
Job 4:13
With troubled thoughts from the dreams of the night, when deep sleep comes upon men,
Job 33:15
In a dream, a special dream of the night, when deep sleep comes upon men, while they sleep in their beds,
Proverbs 19:15
Being lazy makes one go into a deep sleep, and a lazy man will suffer from being hungry.
Daniel 8:18
While he was talking to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But he touched me and made me stand up.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And she said, let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. For so Adonijah was by his father's side; and Bathsheba makes use of the relation, the more to move upon him to grant the request.


 
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