1 Kings 2:21 KJV — MannaFest

1 Kings 2:21

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

KJV

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ASV

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

WEB

So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”

YLT

And she saith, `Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.'

DBT

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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1 Kings 1:52
And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
1 Kings 1:3
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
2 Samuel 16:21–22
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
2 Samuel 3:7
And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish–bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?
Joshua 19:18
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

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Ecclesiastes 8:3

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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It ill becomes a good man to prefer a bad request or appear in a bad cause. Solomon's just and judicious rejection of the request. Though his mother herself was the advocate, and called it a small petition, and perhaps it was the first she had troubled him with since he was king, yet he denied it, without violation of the general promise he had made,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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H495× in canon H77678× in canon H13826× in canon

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1KI 2:211KI 1:3 EST 2:4
1KI 2:211KI 1:3 JOS 19:18
1KI 2:211KI 1:3 EST 2:2
1KI 2:211KI 1:3 2KI 4:8
1KI 2:211KI 1:3 1SA 28:4

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