1 Kings 2:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother for a wife.

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  • 2 Sam 16:21-22 : 21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's women who are here looking after his house; then all Israel will have the news that you are hated by your father, and the hands of your supporters will be strong. 22 So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 1:3 : 3 So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:22-23
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    22Then King Solomon made answer and said to his mother, Why are you requesting me to give Abishag the Shunammite to Adonijah? Take the kingdom for him in addition, for he is my older brother, and Abiathar the priest and Joab, the son of Zeruiah, are on his side.

    23Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord, saying, May God's punishment be on me if Adonijah does not give payment for these words with his life.

  • 1 Kgs 2:13-20
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    13Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, Come you in peace? And he said, Yes, in peace.

    14Then he said, I have something to say to you. And she said, Say on.

    15And he said, You saw how the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had the idea that I would be their king; but now the kingdom is turned about, and has become my brother's, for it was given to him by the Lord.

    16Now I have one request to make to you, and do not say, No, to me. And she said to him, Say on.

    17Then he said, Will you go to Solomon the king (for he will not say, No, to you) and put before him my request that he will give me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife?

    18And Bath-sheba said, Good! I will make your request to the king.

    19So Bath-sheba went to King Solomon to have talk with him on Adonijah's account. And the king got up to come to her, and went down low to the earth before her; then he took his place on the king's seat and had a seat made ready for the king's mother and she took her place at his right hand.

    20Then 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.

  • 1 Kgs 1:2-7
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    2So his servants said to him, Let search be made for a young virgin for my lord the king, to take care of him and be waiting on him; and you may take her in your arms, and so my lord the king will be warm.

    3So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.

    4Now she was very beautiful; and she took care of the king, waiting on him at all times; but the king had no connection with her.

    5Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.

    6Now all his life his father had never gone against him or said to him, Why have you done so? and he was a very good-looking man, and younger than Absalom.

    7And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.

  • 1 Kgs 1:11-21
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    11Then Nathan said to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, Has it not come to your ears that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king without the knowledge of David our lord?

    12So now, let me make a suggestion, so that you may keep your life safe and the life of your son Solomon.

    13Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?

    14And while you are still talking there with the king, see, I will come in after you and say that your story is true.

    15Then Bath-sheba went into the king's room; now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was waiting on him.

    16And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?

    17And she said to him, My lord, you took an oath by the Lord your God and gave your word to your servant, saying, Truly, Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom.

    18And now, see, Adonijah has made himself king without my lord's knowledge;

    19And has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the captain of the army; but he has not sent for Solomon your servant.

    20And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

    21For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.

  • 1 Kgs 1:24-28
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    24And Nathan said, O my lord king, have you said, Adonijah is to be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom?

    25Because today he has gone down and has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the king's sons to come to him, with the captains of the army and Abiathar the priest; and they are feasting before him and crying, Long life to King Adonijah!

    26But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not sent for.

    27Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

    28Then King David in answer said, Send for Bath-sheba to come to me. And she came in and took her place before the king.

  • 1 Sam 25:40-42
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    40And when David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.

    41And she got up, and going down on her face to the earth, said, See, I am ready to be a servant-girl, washing the feet of the servants of my lord.

    42Then Abigail got up quickly and went on her ass, with five of her young women, after the men whom David had sent; and she became David's wife.

  • 1 Chr 2:29
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    29And the name of Abishur's wife was Abihail; and she had Ahban and Molid by him.

  • 2 Sam 3:4
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    4And the fourth, Adonijah, the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

  • 1 Chr 3:2
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    2The third Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, the son of Haggith;

  • 1 Sam 18:21
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    21And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a cause of danger to him, and so that the hands of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David, Today you are to become my son-in-law for the second time.

  • Gen 20:12
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    12And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

  • 1 Kgs 1:43
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    43And Jonathan, answering, said to Adonijah, Not so, but our lord King David has made Solomon king:

  • 2 Sam 13:26
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    26Then Absalom said, If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Is there any reason for him to go with you?

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
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    32And King David said, Send for Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

  • 1 Sam 18:19
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    19But when the time came to give Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, she was given to Adriel of Meholath.

  • 2 Sam 12:24
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    24And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 14:12
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    12Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.

  • 2 Sam 17:25
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    25And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

  • Judg 15:2
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    2And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your friend: but is not her younger sister fairer than she? so please take her in place of the other.

  • 2 Sam 14:7
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    7And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.

  • Gen 20:2
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    2And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.