2:16a So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.”

I have a favor to ask of you. ⌊Please⌋ do not say no.”
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So now I have a request. Please do what I ask.”
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Then Adonijah asked Bathsheba to do something for him.

2:16b “State your request,” she told him.

Bathsheba answered: “Speak.”
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“You can ask me,” she said.
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She responded that he could tell her ⌊what it was that he wanted⌋.

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