1 Kings 2:16

2:16 Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.” ¹  She said, “Go ahead and ask.” ² 

1 Kings 2:20

2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ³  Please don’t refuse me.” ⁴  He said, ⁵  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

¹ tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

² tn Heb “She said, ‘Speak!’”

³ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

⁴ tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

⁵ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”