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1 Kings 2:18 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 18. 18And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
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Quick Meaning
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Adonijah asks Bathsheba for Abishag.”
Adonijah comes to Bathsheba in peace, then names the old claim
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Kings 2:13–18. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 2:13–18
Read 1 Kings 2:18 with 2:13–18. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Brings Adonijah to Bathsheba under a question about peaceful intent; shows Bathsheba agreeing to carry the request to Solomon.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Adonijah asks Bathsheba for Abishag,” 1 Kings 2:18 closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition through the wording “And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 1 Kings 2:1–12 establishes this prior movement: Introduces David's final charge as his death approaches; states that Solomon succeeded David and that his rule became firmly established. 1 Kings 2:13–18 responds to the pressure, request, or claim already established; that demonstrated relationship, rather than database adjacency alone, explains its placement.
Read 1 Kings 2:13–18 together
Why these verses belong together: Adonijah asks Bathsheba for Abishag is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 2:13–2:18.
Verse 13. 13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
Verse 14. 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
Verse 15. 15 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.
Verse 16. 16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
Verse 17. 17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
Verse 18. 18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
What Remains True
Public power and worship remain accountable to truth, covenant faithfulness, affected people, and consequences rather than title, success, wealth, or majority support. This unit tests that truth through brings Adonijah to Bathsheba under a question about peaceful intent; shows Bathsheba agreeing to carry the request to Solomon. In 1 Kings 2:18, the concrete line “And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Kings 2:13–18 — Adonijah asks Bathsheba for AbishagSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Kings 2:13–18, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording and morphology used for lexical, grammatical, name, clause, and older-English checks; this is not a critical apparatus or historical proof.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 2:13–18
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 1 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only printed unit-level translation, lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and verse-numbering notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Kings PDF, printed pp. 586–589, translation and translator notes for 2:13–18
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