1 Kings 2:21 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

She replied, "Let Abishag from Shunem be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

ASV:

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

BBE:

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother for a wife.

DBY:

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.

ERV:

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

JPS:

And she said: 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.'

WBS:

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunamite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.

WEB:

She said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife."

YLT:

And she saith, 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.'

1 Kings 2:21 Cross References

XREF:

1 Kings 1:3 So they searched for a beautiful girl throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 1:4 The girl was very beautiful; and she became the king's nurse and served him, but the king did not cohabit with her. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

2:12-25 Solomon received Bathsheba with all the respect that was owing to a mother; but let none be asked for that which they ought not to grant. It ill becomes a good man to prefer a bad request, or to appear in a bad cause. According to eastern customs it was plain that Adonijah sought to be king, by his asking for Abishag as his wife, and Solomon could not be safe while he lived. Ambitious, turbulent spirits commonly prepare death for themselves. Many a head has been lost by catching at a crown.

CONC:

Abishag Ab'ishag Adonijah Adoni'jah Brother Marriage Shunamite Shunammite Shu'nammite Wife

Abishag Ab'ishag Adonijah Adoni'jah Marriage Shunamite Shunammite Shu'nammite Wife

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