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1 Kings 2:16

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And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
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  1. Proverbs 30:7Rank 1 from verse 16
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    7Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

  2. Psalms 132:10Rank 2 from verse 16
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    10For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

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1 Kings 2:16

COMBINED MEANING

petition

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Sense 1: A request, plea, or prayer. Sense 2: The matter requested.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604

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deny

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To refuse, disown, contradict, renounce, or declare not to be true.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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15And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the Lord.

16And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

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17And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

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