1 Kings 2:18
And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.In other versions
And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
ASV
And Bath-sheba said, Good! I will make your request to the king.
BBE
And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee to the king.
DBY
Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for you to the king.
WEB
And Bath-Sheba saith, `Good; I do speak for thee unto the king.'
YLT
And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for you unto the king.
ENG
And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee to the king.
WBT
“Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
BSB
In context
16And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
17And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
18And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
19Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
20Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Bathsheba