17 And he said: 'I beg that you may speak to king Solomon, for he is not able to refuse anything to you, so that he may give Abishag the Shunammite to me as wife.'
18 And Bathsheba said: 'It is well. I will speak to the king on your behalf.'
19 Then Bathsheba went to king Solomon, so that she might speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and he reverenced her, and he sat down upon his throne. And a throne was stationed for the mother of the king, and she sat at his right hand.
20 And she said to him: 'I petition one small request from you. May you not confound my face.' And the king said to her: 'Ask, my mother. For it is not right that I turn away your face.'
21 And she said, 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah, your brother, as wife.'
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