World English Bible
"Now I ask one petition of you. Don't deny me." She said to him, "Say on.""
— 1 Kings 2:16, World English Bible
“And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.”
“And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. ”
“Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.” She said,“Go ahead and ask.””
“Now therefore, I ask one petition of thee; turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.”
“Now I have one request to make to you, and do not say, No, to me. And she said to him, Say on.”
“And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.”
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, "Do you come peaceably?" He said, "Peaceably.
He said moreover, I have something to tell you." She said, "Say on."
He said, "You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother's; for it was his from Yahweh.
Now I ask one petition of you. Don't deny me." She said to him, "Say on."
He said, "Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you 'no'), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife."
Bathsheba said, "Alright. I will speak for you to the king."
Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.