2:17a Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down.

Adonijah said to her: “Ask King Solomon something for me. He will not say no to you (sing).
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So Adonijah said, “Please ask King Solomon ⌊to do me a favor/kindness⌋. He will not deny/refuse ⌊his own mother⌋.
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So he asked that Bathsheba make a request to King Solomon for him. He thought that the king could/would not refuse a request from ⌊his own mother⌋.

2:17b Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

Ask (sing) him to let me take/have Abishag of Shunem as my wife.”
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Say (sing) to the king, ‘Please allow (sing) Adonijah to marry Abishag the Shunammite.’ ”
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He wanted the king to give him Abishag, ⌊the girl/maiden⌋ from Shunem ⌊town⌋, to be his wife.

2:17a-b (reordered)

Adonijah said to her, “Please ask(incl.) King Solomon to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife. He will not refuse you.”

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