1 Kings 2:16
“And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And now I ask one petition of thee,.... And but one, and a small one too, as Bathsheba herself after calls it:
deny me…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Deny me not - literally, as in the margin, i. e. “make me not to hide my face through shame at being refused.”
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Kings 2:12-25
Here is, I. Solomon's accession to the throne, Kg1 2:12. He came to it much more easily and peaceably than David did,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
deny me not The Hebrew is -turn not away my face," and implies that a person whose suit is refused is turned away in…