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The Language of a Request
Commentators like Albert Barnes and John Gill explain that Adonijah's phrase, "deny me not," has a deeper meaning. It literally translates to "do not turn my face away," implying that a refusal would cause him to hide his face in shame. This was a powerful and emotionally charged way to make a request in that culture.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 2:16
18th Century
Theologian
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
On 1 Kings 2:16
17th Century
Pastor
And now I ask one petition of you
And but one, and a small one too, as Bathsheba herself after calls it:
Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 2:12–25
17th Century
Minister
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…