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Christian Standard Bible ®

1 Kings 2:18

"Very well," Bathsheba replied. "I will speak to the king for you."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abishag;   Adonijah;   Bath-Sheba (Bathsheba);   Influence;   Intercession;   Shunammite;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altars;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abishag;   Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Solomon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Concubine;   Widow;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abishag;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abner;   Bathsheba;   Ishbosheth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abishag;   Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Reuben;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abishag ;   Bathsheba ;   Shimei ;   Shunammite ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Talent;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Heir;   Relationships, Family;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abishag;   Adonijah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abishag;   Bilhah;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
And Bathsheba said, "Very well; I will speak to the king for you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Bathsheba said, "Very well; I will speak to the king for you."
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Bethsabe sayd: Wel, I wil speake for thee vnto the king.
Literal Translation
And Bathsheba said, Well! I will speak to the king for you.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Bathsheba said, "Very well, I will speak to the king for you."
Revised Standard Version
Bathshe'ba said, "Very well; I will speak for you to the king."
World English Bible
Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for you to the king.
King James Version (1611)
And Bathsheba said, Wel, I will speake for thee vnto the king.
King James Version
And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Bethseba sayde: Wel, I wil speake to the kynge for the.
THE MESSAGE
"Certainly," said Bathsheba. "I'll speak to the king for you."
American Standard Version
And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
Bible in Basic English
And Bath-sheba said, Good! I will make your request to the king.
Update Bible Version
And Bathsheba said, Good; I will speak for you to the king.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee to the king.
New English Translation
Bathsheba replied, "That's fine, I'll speak to the king on your behalf."
New King James Version
So Bathsheba said, "Very well, I will speak for you to the king."
Contemporary English Version
"All right," she said. "I'll ask him."
Complete Jewish Bible
Bat-Sheva said, "All right, I will speak to the king on your behalf."
Darby Translation
And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee to the king.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Bath-sheba sayd, Well, I will speake for thee vnto the King.
George Lamsa Translation
And Bath-sheba said, Very well; I will speak for you to the king.
Amplified Bible
Bathsheba replied, "Very well; I will speak to the king for you."
Hebrew Names Version
Bat-Sheva said, Well; I will speak for you to the king.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Bath-sheba said: 'Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.'
New Living Translation
"All right," Bathsheba replied. "I will speak to the king for you."
New Life Bible
Bathsheba said, "Very well. I will speak to the king for you."
New Revised Standard
Bathsheba said, "Very well; I will speak to the king on your behalf."
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Bersabee said, Well; I will speak for thee to the king.
English Revised Version
And Bath–sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
Berean Standard Bible
"Very well," Bathsheba replied. "I will speak to the king for you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Bath-sheba said: Good! I myself, will speak for thee, unto the king.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Bethsabee said: Well, I will speak for thee to the king.
Lexham English Bible
Then Bathsheba said, "Very well, I will speak to the king concerning you."
English Standard Version
Bathsheba said, "Very well; I will speak for you to the king."
New American Standard Bible
And Bathsheba said, "Very well; I will speak to the king for you."
New Century Version
"Very well," she answered. "I will speak to the king for you."
Good News Translation
"Very well," she answered. "I will speak to the king for you."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Bersabee seide, Wel, Y schal speke for thee to the kyng.
Young's Literal Translation
And Bath-Sheba saith, `Good; I do speak for thee unto the king.'

Contextual Overview

12 Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingship was firmly established. 13 Now Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother. She asked, "Do you come peacefully?" "Peacefully," he replied, 14 and then asked, "May I talk with you?" "Go ahead," she answered. 15 "You know the kingship was mine," he said. "All Israel expected me to be king, but then the kingship was turned over to my brother, for the Lord gave it to him. 16 So now I have just one request of you; don't turn me down." She said to him, "Go on." 17 He replied, "Please speak to King Solomon since he won't turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife." 18 "Very well," Bathsheba replied. "I will speak to the king for you." 19 So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him about Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, sat down on his throne, and had a throne placed for the king's mother. So she sat down at his right hand. 20 Then she said, "I have just one small request of you. Don't turn me down." "Go ahead and ask, mother," the king replied, "for I won't turn you down." 21 So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Well: Proverbs 14:15

Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.
Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 2:9
The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon, which flows through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 2:12
Gold from that land is pure; bdellium and onyx are also there.
Genesis 2:13
The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows through the entire land of Cush.
Genesis 3:12
Then the man replied, "The woman You gave to be with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate."
Ruth 3:1
Ruth's mother-in-law Naomi said to her, "My daughter, shouldn't I find security for you, so that you will be taken care of?
Proverbs 18:22
A man who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord .
1 Corinthians 7:36
But if any man thinks he is acting improperly toward his virgin, if she is past marriageable age, and so it must be, he can do what he wants. He is not sinning; they can get married.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Bathsheba said, well,.... Very well spoken, the thing is good and right:

I will speak for thee unto the king; and use her interest with him, not seeing into his design, but pitying an unfortunate man.


 
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