Bible verse
Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.
1 Kings 2:14 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Kings 2.
10 Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
11 The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
13 Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.
14 Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.
15 “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
16 So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.
17 Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
18 “Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
KJV
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
ASV
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
ERV
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
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