1 Kings 2:16

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹²So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established. ¹³Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, who asked, "Do you come in peace?" "Yes, in peace," he replied. ¹⁴Then he said, "I have something to tell you." "Say it," she answered. ¹⁵"You know that the kingship was mine," he said. "All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD. ¹⁶So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me." "State your request," she told him.¹⁷Adonijah replied, "Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife." ¹⁸"Very well," Bathsheba replied. "I will speak to the king for you." ¹⁹So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand. ²⁰"I have just one small request of you," she said. "Do not deny me." "Make your request, my mother," the king replied, "for I will not deny you." ²¹So Bathsheba said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife."

Bible Verse Review
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deny me not: Heb. turn not away my face, Psalms 132:10, Proverbs 30:7

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:42 - General Mark 10:35 - we would

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

Genesis 2:2
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

1 Samuel 15:22
But Samuel declared: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

1 Timothy 4:4
For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now I ask one petition of thee,.... And but one, and a small one too, as Bathsheba herself after calls it:

deny me not, or "turn not away my face" t; with shame and sorrow, which would be the case should he be denied:

and she said unto him, say on; let me hear it.

t תשיבי את פני "ne avertere facias faciem meam", Pagninus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deny me not - literally, as in the margin, i. e. “make me not to hide my face through shame at being refused.”