1 Kings 2:20
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New American Standard Bible

Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

King James Version

Then 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.

Holman Bible

Then she said, “I have just one small request of you. Don’t turn me down.”

“Go ahead and ask, mother,” the king replied, “for I won’t turn you down.”

International Standard Version

and told him, "I would like to make a minor request of you. Please don't refuse me." "What is your request, mother?" the king asked her. "I won't turn you down."

A Conservative Version

Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; do not deny me. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not deny thee.

American Standard Version

Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; deny me not. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny thee.

Amplified

Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

Bible in Basic English

Then she said, I have one small request to make to you; do not say, No, to me. And the king said, Say on, my mother, for I will not say, No, to you.

Darby Translation

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; refuse me not. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse thee.

Julia Smith Translation

And she will say, One small asking I ask from thee; thou wilt not turn away my face. And the king will say to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not turn away thy face.

King James 2000

Then she said, I desire one small petition of you; I pray you, say not nay to me. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say nay to you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

She said, "I have one small request I am asking from you. Do {not refuse me}." The king said to her, "Ask, my mother, for I will {not refuse you}."

Modern King James verseion

And she said, I desire one small favor of you. Do not turn away my face. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not turn away your face.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then she said, "I must desire a little petition of thee: say me not nay." And the king said unto her, "Ask on my mother: for I will not say thee nay."

NET Bible

She said, "I would like to ask you for just one small favor. Please don't refuse me." He said, "Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you."

New Heart English Bible

Then she said, "I ask one small petition of you; do not deny me." The king said to her, "Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you."

The Emphasized Bible

Then said she - One small request, am I asking of thee, do not turn away my face. And the king said to her - Ask on, my mother, for I will not turn away thy face.

Webster

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, deny me not. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not deny thee.

World English Bible

Then she said, "I ask one small petition of you; don't deny me." The king said to her, "Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you."

Youngs Literal Translation

And she saith, 'One small petition I ask of thee, turn not back my face;' and the king saith to her, 'Ask, my mother, for I do not turn back thy face.'

Themes

Abishag » Wife of david

Adonijah » Son of david and haggith » Executed by solomon

Altars » Afforded no protection to murderers

Bath-sheba (bathsheba) » Solomon's mother

Children » Instances of » Solomon

intercession » Instances of » Bath-sheba » For adonijah

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon

Shunammite » A person from the city of shunem » Desired by adonijah as wife

Topics

Smallness

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Then she said
H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .
Usage: 0

I desire
H7592
שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
ask, enquire, desire, require, borrow, salute, demand, lent, request, earnestly, beg,
Usage: 172

one
H259
אחד 
'echad 
one, first, another, other, any, once, eleven , every, certain, an, some, .
Usage: 432

small
H6996
קטן קטן 
Qatan 
small, little, youngest, younger, least, less, lesser, little one, smallest, small things, young
Usage: 101

petition
H7596
שׁלה שׁאלה 
Sh@'elah 
petition, request, loan
Usage: 14

of thee I pray thee, say
H7725
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
return, ...again, turn, ...back, ...away, restore, bring, render, answer, recompense, recover, deliver, put, withdraw, requite,
Usage: 1058

me
H6440
פּנים 
Paniym 
before, face, presence, because, sight, countenance, from, person, upon, of, ...me, against, ...him, open, for, toward,
Usage: 2119

not nay
H7725
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
return, ...again, turn, ...back, ...away, restore, bring, render, answer, recompense, recover, deliver, put, withdraw, requite,
Usage: 1058

And the king
H4428
מלך 
melek 
king, royal, Hammelech, Malcham, Moloch
Usage: 2521

said
H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .
Usage: 0

unto her, Ask on
H7592
שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
ask, enquire, desire, require, borrow, salute, demand, lent, request, earnestly, beg,
Usage: 172

my mother
H517
אם 
'em 
mother, dam, parting
Usage: 220

for I will not say
H7725
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
return, ...again, turn, ...back, ...away, restore, bring, render, answer, recompense, recover, deliver, put, withdraw, requite,
Usage: 1058

thee
H6440
פּנים 
Paniym 
before, face, presence, because, sight, countenance, from, person, upon, of, ...me, against, ...him, open, for, toward,
Usage: 2119

References

Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 2:20

Verse Info

Context Readings

Solomon Secures The Throne

19 So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king arose to meet her, bowed before her, and sat on his throne; then he had a throne set for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right. 20 Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.” 21 So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife.”


Other Readings

No

Cross References

Matthew 7:7-11

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Matthew 10:35-36

For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

Matthew 11:24

Nevertheless I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.”

Matthew 18:19

“Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 20:20-21

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a request of Him.

Luke 11:9-10

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

John 2:3-4

When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, “They have no wine.”

John 14:13-14

Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 15:16

You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

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