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1 Kings 2:16

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  1. 1 Kings 2:14

    He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

  2. 1 Kings 2:15

    And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the Lord.

  3. 1 Kings 2:17

    And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

  4. 1 Kings 2:18

    And Bath–sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.