1 Kings 2:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 132:10 : 10 For the sake of David, your servant, do not reject your chosen king!
  • Prov 30:7 : 7 Two things I have asked from you; do not refuse me before I die:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 2:17-23
    7 verses
    91%

    17He said,“Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.”

    18Bathsheba replied,“That’s fine, I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”

    19So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, and she sat at his right hand.

    20She 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.”

    21She said,“Allow Abishag the Shunammite to be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife.”

    22King Solomon answered his mother,“Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

    23King Solomon then swore an oath by the LORD,“May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!

  • 1 Kgs 2:13-15
    3 verses
    80%

    13Haggith’s son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked,“Do you come in peace?” He answered,“Yes.”

    14He added,“I have something to say to you.” She replied,“Speak.”

    15He said,“You know that the kingdom was mine and all Israel considered me king. But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the LORD decided it should be his.

  • 2 Sam 14:12
    78%

    12Then the woman said,“Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied,“Tell me.”

  • 1 Kgs 1:12-17
    6 verses
    76%

    12Now let me give you some advice as to how you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.

    13Visit King David and say to him,‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise your servant,“Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’

    14While you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive and verify your report.”

    15So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters.(The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

    16Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said,“What do you want?”

    17She replied to him,“My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the LORD your God,‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’

  • 2 Sam 14:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18Then the king replied to the woman,“Don’t hide any information from me when I question you.” The woman said,“Let my lord the king speak!”

    19The king said,“Did Joab put you up to all of this?” The woman answered,“As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant’s mouth.

  • 2 Sam 14:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15I have now come to speak with my lord the king about this matter, because the people have made me fearful. But your servant said,‘I will speak to the king! Perhaps the king will do what his female servant asks.

    16Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’

  • Prov 30:7
    73%

    7Two things I have asked from you; do not refuse me before I die:

  • 1 Kgs 1:26-28
    3 verses
    72%

    26But he did not invite me– your servant– or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon.

    27Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?”

    28David Picks Solomon as His Successor King David responded,“Summon Bathsheba!” She came and stood before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 1:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2His servants advised him,“A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, to take care of the king’s needs and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you and keep our master, the king, warm.”

    3So they looked through all Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

    4The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king was not intimate with her.

  • 2 Chr 1:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him,“Tell me what I should give you.”

    8Solomon replied to God,“You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

  • 1 Sam 1:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26She said,“My lord. Just as surely as you are alive, my lord, I am the woman who previously stood here with you in order to pray to the LORD.

    27For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has given me the request that I asked of him.

  • 2 Kgs 4:28
    71%

    28She said,“Did I ask my master for a son? Didn’t I say,‘Don’t mislead me?’”

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
    71%

    20Now, my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.

  • 1 Sam 1:17
    71%

    17Eli replied,“Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”

  • 2 Sam 13:13
    70%

    13How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools in Israel! Just speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

  • Gen 34:12
    70%

    12You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I’ll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”

  • 1 Sam 26:19
    69%

    19So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the LORD! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the LORD’s inheritance, saying,‘Go on, serve other gods!’

  • 1 Kgs 1:24
    69%

    24Nathan said,“My master, O king, did you announce,‘Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne’?

  • 1 Kgs 1:31-32
    2 verses
    69%

    31Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said,“May my master, King David, live forever!”

    32King David said,“Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

  • 1 Kgs 3:5
    69%

    5One night in Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream. God said,“Tell me what I should give you.”

  • 1 Kgs 20:7
    69%

    7The king of Israel summoned all the leaders of the land and said,“Notice how this man is looking for trouble. Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

  • 2 Sam 14:5
    69%

    5The king replied to her,“What do you want?” She answered,“I am a widow; my husband is dead.

  • Esth 5:7
    69%

    7Esther responded,“My request and my petition is this:

  • 1 Sam 25:8
    68%

    8Ask your own servants; they can tell you! May my servants find favor in your sight, for we have come at the time of a holiday. Please provide us– your servants and your son David– with whatever you can spare.”

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    68%

    13King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.

  • 1 Sam 25:24
    68%

    24Falling at his feet, she said,“My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak to you! Please listen to the words of your servant!

  • 2 Chr 9:12
    68%

    12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.

  • 2 Kgs 4:13
    68%

    13Elisha said to Gehazi,“Tell her,‘Look, you have treated us with such great respect. What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?’” She replied,“I’m quite secure.”