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The Execution of Adonijah

1 Kings 2:21

In 11 translations

BSB
So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
KJV
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
WEB
She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”
ASV
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
LSV
And she says, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah for a wife.”
YLT
And she saith, 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.'
DBY
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother as wife.
DRC
And she said: Let Abisag the Sunamitess be given to Adonias thy brother to wife.
GNV
She sayd then, Let Abishag the Shunammite be giuen to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
JPS
And she said: 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.'
LXXE
And she said, Let, I pray thee, Abisag the Somanite be given to Adonias thy brother to wife.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר יֻתַּ֖ן אֶת־אֲבִישַׁ֣ג הַשֻּׁנַמִּ֑ית לַאֲדֹנִיָּ֥הוּ אָחִ֖יךָ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπε, δοθήτω δὴ Ἀβισὰ ἡ Σωμανίτις τῷ Αδωνίᾳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου εἰς γυναῖκα.

Who and where

👤 Abishag👤 Adonijah◆ Reign of Solomon

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 1:3Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
  • 2 Samuel 16:21–22Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be…

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