1 KINGS 2:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the Lord.”
"And he said, 'Please say to King Solomon—for he will not refuse you—that he give me Abishag the Shunamite as my wife.'" — Adonijah's request is *Abishag*, David's young companion: *'im-na nabi'i lemelekh Shlomoh ki lo-ya'atzek letenot li et-Avisag ha-Shunamit le-isha* (please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, that he give me Abishag the Shunamite as my wife). The request appears modest—merely a woman—yet it is politically explosive. Abishag, as the widow/companion of the previous king, carries the symbolic weight of royal lineage and legitimacy. A marriage to Abishag would *implicitly claim continuity* with David's house and suggest Adonijah retains dynastic status.
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