Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.” She said to him, “Say on.”
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Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.” She said to him, “Say on.”
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And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
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And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not.' And she said unto him: 'Say on.'
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to 1 Kings 2:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 132:10 For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.
- Proverbs 30:7 “Two things I have asked of you. Don’t deny me before I die.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, cause not my face to turn away.
Hebrew, cause not my face to turn away.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 2:16 And now I ask one petition of…
1Ki 2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
Ver. 16. Deny me not.] Heb., Turn not away my face, i.e., Ne reiecias me more denegantium, reject me not as those do that deny one a request. Quaeque repulsa gravis: A repulse is grievous.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Deny me not, Heb. do not turn away my…
Deny me not, Heb. do not turn away my face, i.e. do not send me out of thy presence sad or ashamed. Compare 2Ch 6:42; Psa 132:10.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And now I ask one petition of thee,.... And…
And now I ask one petition of thee,.... And but one, and a small one too, as Bathsheba herself after calls it:
deny me not, or "turn not away my face" (t); with shame and sorrow, which would be the case should he be denied:
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and she said unto him, say on; let me hear it.
(t) "ne avertere facias faciem meam", Pagninus.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Deny me not - literally, as in the margin,…
Deny me not - literally, as in the margin, i. e. “make me not to hide my face through shame at being refused.”
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. deny me not] The Hebrew is ‘turn not…
16. deny me not] The Hebrew is ‘turn not away my face,’ and implies that a person whose suit is refused is turned away in disgrace. The same expression is rendered ‘to say not nay’ in 1Ki_2:17; 1Ki_2:20. Adonijah’s argument was to this effect: ‘You know I have lost a great deal, surely you will not refuse me this slight request.’
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And now I ask one petition of thee Heb.…
And now I ask one petition of thee Heb. request one request deny me not marg., "turn not away my face." Better, Turn not back, i.e., repulse not. Rawlinson paraphrases, "Make me not to hide my face through shame at being refused;" but this is not the idea of the original, which means, Reject me not; send me not away. In the Heb. "face" often stands for "person," for eyes (ver. 15), looks, mien. And she said unto him, Say on.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Adonijah shares his request with Bathsheba.
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do not turn away from my face ... he will not turn away from your face
Turning from the face of someone is a metonym for refusing to look at someone, which in turn is a metonym for refusing to do what that person requests. AT: "do not refuse to do what I request ... he will not refuse to do what you request" (See: Metonymy)
Abishag the Shunammite
(See: 1 Kings 1:3)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 2:16-18 let me marry Abishag: Possessing the king’s concubine…
2:16-18 let me marry Abishag: Possessing the king’s concubine was a mark of royal legitimacy. When David became king, he was given Saul’s wives (2 Sam 12:7-8). The rebellious Absalom claimed David’s concubines (2 Sam 16:20-22).
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