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1 Kings 2:18

1 Kings 2:18
And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Bathsheba said, well,.... Very well spoken, the thing is good and right:

I will speak for thee unto the king; and use her interest with him, not seeing into his design, but pitying an…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 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, and much sooner saw his government established. It is happy for a kingdom when the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I will speak for thee Bath-sheba does not seem to have suspected Adonijah's design, and this simplicity of hers he perhaps hoped to trade upon, and thought that his petition, coming to Solomon through…

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