15. And he said, “You know that the reign was mine, and all Yisra’ĕl had set their faces toward me, that I should reign. But the reign has been turned around, and has become my brother’s, for it was his from יהוה.
16. “And now, I am making one request of you, do not refuse me.” And she said to him, “Say it.”
17. And he said, “Please speak to Sovereign Shelomoh – for he would not refuse you – to give me Aḇishag̅ the Shunammite as wife.”
18. And Bathsheḇa said, “Good, let me speak for you to the sovereign.”