Now I ask one petition of you; don`t deny me. She said to him, Say on.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Deny me not—literally, as noted in the margin, that is, “do not cause me to hide my face in shame at being refused.”

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And now I ask one petition of you
And but one, and a small one too, as Bathsheba herself after calls it:

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

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…

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