King James Version
1 Kings 2:16 in the King James Version says “And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. deny: Heb. turn not away my face” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. deny: Heb. turn not away my face”
1 Kings 2:16 · KJV
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
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.
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. deny: Heb. turn not away my face
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.
And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“of thee deny”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“me”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“unto him Say on”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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