1 Kings 2:13-17

2:13 Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come in peace?” He answered, “Yes.” ¹  2:14 He added, ²  “I have something to say to you.” She replied, “Speak.” 2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom ³  was mine and all Israel considered me king. ⁴  But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. ⁵  2:16 Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.” ⁶  She said, “Go ahead and ask.” ⁷  2:17 He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.” ⁸ 

[2:13]  ¹ tn Heb “[in] peace.”

[2:14]  ² tn Heb “and he said.”

[2:15]  ³ tn Or “kingship.”

[2:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”

[2:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the Lord it became his.”

[2:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

[2:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “She said, ‘Speak!’”

[2:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “Say to Solomon the king, for he will not turn back your face, that he might give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.”