“I have one small request to make of you,” she said. “I hope you won’t turn me down.” “What is it, my mother?” he asked. “You know I won’t refuse you.”

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John Gill

John Gill

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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Then she said, I desire one small petition of you
It was but one, and a little one, and therefore she hoped it would…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

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17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Solomon received Bathsheba with all the respect that was owing to a mother; but let no one be asked for what they ought not to grant. It ill become…